Conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetries and solutions of inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equations

The second-order conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetries of nonlinear diffusion equations with variable coefficients are studied. A number of examples are considered and some exact solutions are constructed via the compatibility of conditional Lie-Bäcklund symmetries and the governing equations. These solutions possess the extended forms of the separation of variables, including the extensions of the instantaneous source solutions of the porous medium equations.