Solitons,chaos and fractals in the (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation

For a higher-dimensional integrable nonlinear dynamical system, there are abundant coherent soliton excitations. With the aid of a projective Riccati equation approach, the paper obtains several types of exact solutions to the (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave (DLW) equation which include multiple soliton solution, periodic soliton solution and Weierstrass function solution. Subsequently, several multisolitons are derived and some novel features are revealed by introducing lower-dimensional patterns.     

Symmetry reduction and new non-traveling wave solutions of (2 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation

In this paper, the new idea of a combination of Lie group method and homoclinic test technique is first proposed to seek non-traveling wave solutions of (2 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation. The system is reduced to some (1 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear equations by applying the Lie group method and solves reduced equation with homoclinic test technique. Based on this idea and with the aid of symbolic computation, some new explicit solutions of similar systems can be obtained.     

Compacton,peakon and folded localized excitations for the (2 + 1)-dimensional Broer–Kaup system

In high dimensions there are abundant coherent soliton excitations. From the variable separation solutions for the (2 + 1)-dimensional Broer–Kaup system, three kinds of new localized excitations in this system are obtained. Some interesting novel features of these structures are revealed.     

Links between some (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equations and Painlevé-II equations

Using the idea of transformation, some links between (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equations and the ordinary differential equations Painlevé-II equations has been illustrated. The Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation, generalized (2 + 1)-dimensional break soliton equation and (2 + 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation are researched. As a result, some new interesting results about these (2 + 1)-dimensional PDEs have been obtained, such as the exact solutions with arbitrary functions, rich rational solutions and the nontrivial Bäcklund transformations have been derived.     

Bright solitons of the variants of the Novikov–Veselov equation with constant and variable coefficients

In this paper, the existence of the bright soliton solution of four variants of the Novikov–Veselov equation with constant and time varying coefficients will be studied. We analyze the solitary wave solutions of the Novikov–Veselov equation in the cases of constant coefficients, time-dependent coefficients and damping term, generalized form, and in 1 + N dimensions with variable coefficients and forcing term. We use the solitary wave ansatz method to derive these solutions. The physical parameters in the soliton solutions are obtained as functions of the dependent coefficients. Parametric conditions for the existence of the exact solutions are given. The solitary wave ansatz method presents a wider applicability for handling nonlinear wave equations.     

A generalized AKNS hierarchy,bi-Hamiltonian structure,and Darboux transformation

A new generalized AKNS hierarchy is presented starting from a 4 × 4 matrix spectral problem with four potentials. Its generalized bi-Hamiltonian structure is also investigated by using the trace identity. Moreover, the special coupled nonlinear equation, the coupled KdV equation, the KdV equation, the coupled mKdV equation and the mKdV equation are produced from the generalized AKNS hierarchy. Most importantly, a Darboux transformation for the generalized AKNS hierarchy is established with the aid of the gauge transformation between the corresponding 4 × 4 matrix spectral problem, by which multiple soliton solutions of the generalized AKNS hierarchy are obtained. As a reduction, a Darboux transformation of the mKdV equation and its new analytical positon, negaton and complexiton solutions are given.     

Soliton-like and periodic form solutions to (2 + 1)-dimensional Toda equation

In this paper, we present a further extended tanh method for constructing exact solutions to nonlinear difference-differential equation(s) (NDDEs) and Lattice equations. By using this method via symbolic computation system MAPLE, we obtain abundant soliton-like and period-form solutions to the (2 + 1)-dimensional Toda equation. Solitary wave solutions are merely a special case in one family. This method can also be used to other nonlinear difference differential equations.     

Chaotic behaviors in the (2 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton system

Starting from the extended tanh-function method based on mapping method, the variable separation solutions of the (2 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton system are derived. By further studying, we find that these variable separation solutions, which seem independent, actually depend on each other. Based on the derived variable separation solution, chaotic behaviors, i.e. periodic solution with chaotic behavior and chaotic peaked and compact line solitons, are investigated.     

Relation among nonlinear evolution equations and their reductions

The LCZ soliton hierarchy is presented, and their generalized Hamiltonian structures are deduced. From the compatibility of soliton equations, it is shown that this soliton hierarchy is closely related to the Burger equation, the mKP equation and a new (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation (NEE). Resorting to the nonlinearization of Lax pairs (NLP), all the resulting NEEs are reduced into integrable Hamiltonian systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). As a concrete application, the solutions for NEEs can be derived via solving the corresponding ODEs.     

On the positive definite solutions of nonlinear matrix equation X + A⋆ X−δA = Q

In this paper we consider the positive definite solutions of nonlinear matrix equation X + A^⋆X^−δA = Q, where δ ∈ (0, 1], which appears for the first time in [S.M. El-Sayed, A.C.M. Ran, On an iteration methods for solving a class of nonlinear matrix equations, SIAM J. Matrix Anal. Appl. 23 (2001) 632–645]. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a solution are derived. An iterative algorithm for obtaining the positive definite solutions of the equation is discussed. The error estimations are found.     

Maple packages for computing Hirota’s bilinear equation and multisoliton solutions of nonlinear evolution equations

The Hirota method for generating Hirota’s bilinear equation and constructing soliton solutions of nonlinear evolution equations is discussed and illustrated. Two Maple programs Bilinearization and Multisoliton are presented to automatically calculate Hirota’s bilinear equations for nonlinear evolution equations and to compute their N-soliton solutions for N = 1, 2 or 3, respectively. Different kinds of examples are used to demonstrate the effectiveness of the packages.     

Variable-coefficient projective Riccati equation method and its application to a new (2 + 1)-dimensional simplified generalized Broer–Kaup system

In this paper, based on a new intermediate transformation, a variable-coefficient projective Riccati equation method is proposed. Being concise and straightforward, it is applied to a new (2 + 1)-dimensional simplified generalized Broer–Kaup (SGBK) system. As a result, several new families of exact soliton-like solutions are obtained, beyond the travelling wave. When imposing some condition on them, the new exact solitary wave solutions of the (2 + 1)-dimensional SGBK system are given. The method can be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

New soliton and periodic solutions of (1 + 2)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with dual-power law nonlinearity

With the aid of symbolic computation, the new generalized algebraic method is extended to the (1 + 2)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with dual-power law nonlinearity for constructing a series of new exact solutions. Because of the dual-power law nonlinearity, the equation cannot be directly dealt with by the method and require some kinds of techniques. By means of two proper transformations, we reduce the NLSE to an ordinary differential equation that is easy to solve and find a rich variety of new exact solutions for the equation, which include soliton solutions, combined soliton solutions, triangular periodic solutions and rational function solutions. Numerical simulations are given for a solitary wave solution to illustrate the time evolution of the solitary creation. Finally, conditional stability of the solution in Lyapunov’s sense is discussed.     

Trilinearization and localized coherent structures and periodic solutions for the (2 + 1) dimensional K-dV and NNV equations

In this paper, using a novel approach involving the truncated Laurent expansion in the Painlevé analysis of the (2 + 1) dimensional K-dV equation, we have trilinearized the evolution equation and obtained rather general classes of solutions in terms of arbitrary functions. The highlight of this method is that it allows us to construct generalized periodic structures corresponding to different manifolds in terms of Jacobian elliptic functions, and the exponentially decaying dromions turn out to be special cases of these solutions. We have also constructed multi-elliptic function solutions and multi-dromions and analysed their interactions. The analysis is also extended to the case of generalized Nizhnik–Novikov–Veselov (NNV) equation, which is also trilinearized and general class of solutions obtained.     

On generating (2 + 1)-dimensional hierarchies of evolution equations

Two isospectral problems are constructed with the help of a 6-dimensional Lie algebra. By using the Tu scheme, a (1 + 1)-dimensional expanding integrable couplings of the KdV hierarchy is obtained and the corresponding Hamiltonian structure is established. In addition, the 2-order matrix operators proposed by Tuguizhang are extended to the case where some 4-order matrices are given. Based on the extension, a new hierarchy of 2 + 1 dimensions is obtained by the Hamiltonian operator of the above (1 + 1)-dimensional case and the TAH scheme. The new hierarchy of 2 + 1 dimensions can be reduced to a coupled (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear equation and furthermore it can be reduced to the (2 + 1)-dimensional KdV equation which has important physics applications. The Hamiltonian structure for the (2 + 1)-dimensional hierarchy is derived with the aid of an extended trace identity. To the best of our knowledge, generating the (2 + 1)-dimensional equation hierarchies by virtue of the TAH scheme has not been studied in detail except to previous little work by Tu et al.     

A series of new soliton-like solutions and double-like periodic solutions of a (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation

In this paper, we extend the algebraic method proposed by Fan (Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 20 (2004) 609) and the improved extended tanh method by Yomba (Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 20 (2004) 1135) to uniformly construct a series of soliton-like solutions and double-like periodic solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDE). Some new soliton-like solutions and double-like periodic solutions of a (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation are obtained.     

New exact solutions to MKDV-Burgers equation and (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation via extended Riccati equation method

In this paper, with the aid of symbolic computation and a general ansätz, we presented a new extended rational expansion method to construct new rational formal exact solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations. In order to illustrate the effectiveness of this method, we apply it to the MKDV-Burgers equation and the (2 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation, then several new kinds of exact solutions are successfully obtained by using the new ansätz. The method can also be applied to other nonlinear partial differential equations.     

Chaotic and fractal patterns for interacting nonlinear waves

Using an appropriate reduction method, a quite general new integrable system of equations 2 + 1 dimensions can be derived from the dispersive long-wave equation. Various soliton and dromion solutions are obtaining by selecting some types of solutions appropriately. The interaction between the localized solutions is completely elastic, because they pass through each other and preserve their shapes and velocities, the only change being a phase shift. The arbitrariness of the functions included in the general solution implies that approximate lower dimensional chaotic patterns such as chaotic–chaotic patterns, periodic–chaotic patterns, chaotic line soliton patterns and chaotic dromion patterns can appear in the solution. In a similar way, fractal dromion patterns and stochastic fractal excitations also exist for appropriate choices of the boundary conditions and/or initial conditions.     

Doubly periodic wave and folded solitary wave solutions for (2 + 1)-dimensional higher-order Broer–Kaup equation

A general solution including three arbitrary functions is obtained for the (2 + 1)-dimensional high-order Broer–Kaup equation by means of WTC truncation method. From the general solution, doubly periodic wave solutions in terms of the Jacobian elliptic functions with different modulus and folded solitary wave solutions determined by appropriate multiple valued functions are obtained. Some interesting novel features and interaction properties of these exact solutions and coherent localized structures are revealed.     

Chiral resonant solitons in Chern–Simons theory and Broer–Kaup type new hydrodynamic systems

New Broer–Kaup type systems of hydrodynamic equations are derived from the derivative reaction–diffusion systems arising in SL(2, R) Kaup–Newell hierarchy, represented in the non-Madelung hydrodynamic form. A relation with the problem of chiral solitons in quantum potential as a dimensional reduction of 2 + 1 dimensional Chern–Simons theory for anyons is shown. By the Hirota bilinear method, soliton solutions are constructed and the resonant character of soliton interaction is found.