We obtain the complete Lie point symmetry algebras of two sequences of odd-order evolution equations. This includes equations that are fully-nonlinear, i.e. nonlinear in the highest derivative. Two of the equations in the sequences have recently been identified as symmetry-integrable, namely a 3rd-order equation and a 5th-order equation [Open Communications in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics, Special Issue in honour of George W Bluman, ocnmp:15938, 1--15, 2025]. These two examples provided the motivation for the current study. The Lie-Bäcklund symmetries and the consequent symmetry-integrability of the equations in the sequences are also discussed.

We consider a projective transformation and establish the invariants for this transformation group up to order seven. We use the obtained invariants to construct a class of nonlinear evolution equations and identify some symmetry-integrable equations in this class. Notably, the only symmetry-integrable evolution equation of order three in this class is a fully-nonlinear equation for which we find the recursion operator and its connection to the Schwarzian KdV. We furthermore establish that higher-order symmetry-integrable equations in this class belong to the hierarchy of the fully-nonlinear 3rd-order equation and prove this for the 5th-order case. We also identify the ordinary differential equations that are invariant under this projective transformation and reduce the order of these equations.

We derive the general conditions for fully-nonlinear symmetry-integrable second-order evolution equations and their first-order recursion operators. We then apply the established Propositions to find links between a class of fully-nonlinear third-order symmetry-integrable evolution equations and fully-nonlinear second-order symmetry-integrable evolution equations.

In this paper we derive two examples of fully-nonlinear symmetry-integrable evolution equations with algebraic nonlinearities, namely one class of 3rd-order equations and a 5th-order equation. To achieve this we study the equations' Lie-Bäcklund symmetries and apply multipotentialisations, hodograph transformations and generalised hodograph transformations to map the equations to known semilinear integrable evolution equations. As a result of this, we also obtain interesting symmetry-integrable quasilinear equations of order five and order seven, which we display explicitly.