Reductions of the universal hierarchy and rdDym equations and their symmetry properties

Abstract: We consider the equations $u_{yy} = u_y u_{xx} - (u_x + u)u_{xy} + u_x u_y$ and $u_{yy} = (u_x + x)u_{xy} - (u_{xx} + 2)u_y$ that arise as reductions of the universal hierarchy and rdDym equations, respectively, and describe the Lie algebras of nonlocal symmetries in infinite-dimensional coverings naturally associated to these equations.