Interactions between Solitons and Cnoidal Periodic Waves of the Gardner Equation

The Gardner equation is one of the most important prototypic models in nonlinear physics. Many scholars pay much attention to the Gardner equation and various nonlinear excitations of the Gardner equation have been found by many methods. However, it is very difficult to find interaction solutions among different types of nonlinear excitations. In this work, with the help of the Riccati equation, the Gardner equation is solved by the consistent Riccati expansion. Furthermore, we obtain the soliton-cnoidal wave interaction solutions of the Gardner equation.     

On the Generalized Continuity Equation

A generalized continuity equation extending the ordinary continuity equation is found using quanternions to show it is compatible with Dirac, Schrǒdinger, Klein-Gordon and diffusion equations. This generalized equation is Lorentz invariant. The transport properties of electrons are found to be governed by the Schr6dinger-like equation and not by the diffusion equation.     

Three types of generalized Kadomtsev－Petviashvili equations arising from baroclinic potential vorticity equation

By means of the reductive perturbation method, three types of generalized (2+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev--Petviashvili (KP) equations are derived from the baroclinic potential vorticity (BPV) equation, including the modified KP (mKP) equation, standard KP equation and cylindrical KP (cKP) equation. Then some solutions of generalized cKP and KP equations with certain conditions are given directly and a relationship between the generalized mKP equation and the mKP equation is established by the symmetry group direct method proposed by Lou et al. From the relationship and the solutions of the mKP equation, some solutions of the generalized mKP equation can be obtained. Furthermore, some approximate solutions of the baroclinic potential vorticity equation are derived from three types of generalized KP equations.     

Interaction properties of solitons for a couple of nonlinear evolution equations

We study one-and two-soliton solutions for the Cahn–Allen(CA) equation and the Brethorton equation. The CA equation has broad spectrum of applications especially in anti-phase boundary motion and it is used in phase-field models.While the Brethorton equation is a model for dispersive wave systems, it is used to find the resonant nonlinear interaction among three linear modes. We use the Hirota bilinear method to obtain one-and two-soliton solutions to the CA equation and the Brethorton equation.     

An extension of the modified Sawada—Kotera equation and conservation laws

Based on the modified Sawada-Kotera equation, we introduce a 3 × 3 matrix spectral problem with two potentials and derive a hierarchy of new nonlinear evolution equations. The second member in the hierarchy is a generalization of the modified Sawada-Kotera equation, by which a Lax pair of the modified Sawada-Kotera equation is obtained. With the help of the Miura transformation, explicit solutions of the Sawada-Kotera equation, the Kaup-Kupershmidt equation, and the modified Sawada-Kotera equation are given. Moreover, infinite sequences of conserved quantities of the first two nonlinear evolution equations in the hierarchy and the modified Sawada-Kotera equation are constructed with the aid of their Lax pairs.     

Peaked Traveling Wave Solutions to a Generalized Novikov Equation with Cubic and Quadratic Nonlinearities

The Camassa-Holm equation, Degasperis-Procesi equation and Novikov equation are the three typical integrable evolution equations admitting peaked solitons. In this paper, a generalized Novikov equation with cubic and quadratic nonlinearities is studied, which is regarded as a generalization of these three well-known studied equations. It is shown that this equation admits single peaked traveling wave solutions, periodic peaked traveling wave solutions, and multi-peaked traveling wave solutions.     

An Approach for Solving Short-Wave Models for Camassa-Holm Equation and Degasperis-Procesi Equation

In this paper, to construct exact solution of nonlinear partial differential equation, an easy-to-use approach is proposed. By means of the transformation of the independent variables and the travelling wave transformation, the partial differential equation is reduced to an ordinary differential equation. To solve the ordinary differential equation, we assume the soliton solution in the explicit expression and obtain the travelling wave solution. By the transformation back to the original independent variables, the soliton solution of the original partial differential equation is derived. We investigate the short wave model for the Camassa-Holm equation and the Degasperis-Procesi equation respectively. One-cusp soliton solution of the Camassa-Flolm equation is obtained. One-loop soliton solution of the Degasperis- Procesi equation is also obtained, the approximation of which in a closed form can be obtained firstly by the Adomian decomposition method. The obtained results in a parametric form coincide perfectly with those given in the present reference. This illustrates the efficiency and reliability of our approach.     

Noether＇s and Poisson＇s methods for solving differential equation xs^（m） = Fs（t,xk^（m-2） , xk（m-1）

This paper studies integration of a higher-order differential equation which can be reduced to a second-order ordinary differential equation. The solution of the second-order equation can be obtained by the Noether method and the Poisson method. Then the solution of the higher-order equation can be obtained by integrating the solution of the second-order equation.     

A new approach of solving Green’s function for wave propagation in an inhomogeneous absorbing medium

A new approach is developed to solve the Green's function that satisfies the Hehmholtz equation with complex refractive index. Especially, the Green's function for the Helmholtz equation can be expressed in terms of a one-dimensional integral, which can convert a Helmholtz equation into a Schr?dinger equation with complex potential. And the Schr?dinger equation can be solved by Feynman path integral. The result is in excellent agreement with the previous work.     

Double Reduction and Exact Solutions of Zakharov–Kuznetsov Modified Equal width Equation with Power Law Nonlinearity via Conservation Laws

The conservation laws for the （1＋2）-dimensional Zakharov-Kuznetsov modified equal width （ZK-MEW） equation with power law nonlinearity are constructed by using Noether＇s approach through an interesting method of increasing the order of this equation. With the aid of an obtained conservation law, the generalized double reduction theorem is applied to this equation. It can be shown that the reduced equation is a second order nonlinear ODE. FinaJ1y, some exact solutions for a particular case of this equation are obtained after solving the reduced equation.     

Solution of Gauss-Codazzi Equation with Applications in the Tzitzeica Equation

The surface in R3 associated with the Tzitzeica equation ＆ considered. By curvature coordinate transformation and surface imbedding, the Gauss-Codazzi equation is presented. Resorting to the solutions of the Gauss-Codazzi equation, the solution of the Tzitzeica equation ＆ obtained under a restrictive condition.     

The symmetries of wave equations on new lattices

This paper focuses on studying the symmetry of a practical wave equation on new lattices. It is a new step in that the new lattice equation is applied to reduce the discrete problem of motion of an elastic thin homogeneous bar. The equation of motion of the bar can be changed into a discrete wave equation. With the new lattice equation, the translational and scaling invariant, not only is the infinitesimal transformation given, but the symmetry and Lie algebras are also calculated. We also give a new form of invariant called the ratio invariant, which can reduce the process of the computing invariant with the characteristic equation.     

Solutions to the Complex Korteweg-de Vries Equation: Blow-up Solutions and Non-Singular Solutions

In the paper two kinds of solutions are derived for the complex Korteweg-de Vries equation, includ- ing blow-up solutions and non-singular solutions. We derive blow-up solutions from known 1-soliton solution and a double-pole solution. There is a complex Miura transformation between the complex Korteweg-de Vries equation and a modified Kortcweg-de Vries equation. Using the transformation, solitons, breathers and rational solutions to the com- plex Korteweg-de Vries equation are obtained from those of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation. Dynamics of the obtained solutions are illustrated.     

Generation of Nonlinear Evolution Equations by Reductions of the Self-Dual Yang–Mills Equations

With the help of some reductions of the self-dual Yang Mills （briefly written as sdYM） equations, we introduce a Lax pair whose compatibility condition leads to a set of （2 ＋ 1）-dimensional equations. Its first reduction gives rise to a generalized variable-coefficient Burgers equation with a forced term. Furthermore, the Burgers equation again reduces to a forced Burgers equation with constant coefficients, the standard Burgers equation, the heat equation, the Fisher equation, and the Huxley equation, respectively. The second reduction generates a few new （2 ＋ 1）-dimensional nonlinear integrable systems, in particular, obtains a kind of （2 ＋ 1）-dimensional integrable couplings of a new （2 ＋ 1）- dimensional integrable nonlinear equation.     

New Solitary Solutions of （2＋1）-Dimensional Variable Coefficient Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation with an External Potential

By a series of transformations, the （2＋1）-dimensional variable coefficient nonlinear Schr？dinger equation can turn to the Klein-Gordon equation. Many new double travelling wave solutions of the Klein-Gordon equation are obtained. Thus, the new solitary solutions of the variable coefficient nonlinear Schr？inger equation with an external potential can be found.     

Solving Kadomtsev—Petviashvili Equation via a New Decomposition and Darboux Transformation

Recently,a new decomposition of the (2 1)-dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili(KP) equation to a (1 1)-dimensional Broer-Kaup (BK) equation and a (1 1)-dimensional high-order BK equation was presented by Lou and Hu.In our paper,a unified Darboux transformation for both the BK equation and high-order BK equation is derived with the help of a gauge transformation of their spectral problems.As application,new explicit soliton-like solutions with five arbitrary parameters for the BK equation,high-order BK equation and KP equation are obtained.     

Symmetries and conserved quantities of discrete wave equation associated with the Ablowitz-Ladik-Lattice system

In this paper, we present a new method to obtain the Lie symmetries and conserved quantities of the discrete wave equation with the Ablowitz-Ladik-Lattice equations. Firstly, the wave equation is transformed into a simple difference equation with the Ablowitz-Ladik-Lattice method. Secondly, according to the invariance of the discrete wave equation and the Ablowitz-Ladik-Lattice equations under infinitesimal transformation of dependent and independent variables, we derive the discrete determining equation and the discrete restricted equations. Thirdly, a series of the discrete analogs of conserved quantities, the discrete analogs of Lie groups, and the characteristic equations are obtained for the wave equation. Finally, we study a model of a biological macromolecule chain of mechanical behaviors, the Lie symmetry theory of discrete wave equation with the Ablowitz-Ladik-Lattice method is verified.     

CONDITIONAL SIMILARITY REDUCTION APPROACH: JIMBO－MIWA EQUATION

The direct method developed by Clarkson and Kruskal (1989 J. Math. Phys. 30 2201) for finding the symmetry reductions of a nonlinear system is extended to find the conditional similarity solutions. Using the method of the Jimbo－Miwa (JM) equation, we find that three well-known (2+1)-dimensional models－the asymmetric Nizhnik--Novikov－Veselov equation, the breaking soliton equation and the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation－can all be obtained as the conditional similarity reductions of the JM equation.     

Solution and transcritical bifurcation of Burgers equation

Burgers equation is reduced into a first-order ordinary differential equation by using travelling wave transformation and it has typical bifurcation characteristics.We can obtain many exact solutions of the Burgers equation,discuss its transcritical bifurcation and control dynamical behaviours by extending the stable region.The transcritical bifurcation exists in the (2 + 1)-dimensional Burgers equation.     

N-Soliton Solutions of General Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation with Derivative

The bilinear equation of the genera/nonlinear Schrodinger equation with derivative （GDNLSE） and the N-soliton solutions are obtained through the dependent variable transformation and the Hirota method, respectively. The bilinear equation of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with derivative （DNLSE） and its multisoliton solutions are given by reduction.