Solution

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Put , so and
Substitution into the Lie-symmetry determining equation for a first-order ordinary differential equation and separation with respect to the arbitrary function gives
These equations imply and . Apart from the zero generator, the common symmetry for arbitrary is therefore generated by
Its one-parameter group is the scaling symmetry
which leaves invariant. Special choices of can have additional symmetries, but this is the complete symmetry valid for an arbitrary smooth .

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