Traveling wave solutions for the mKdV equation and the Gardner equations by new approach of the generalized (G′/G)-expansion method

In this paper, we demonstrate the effectiveness of the new generalized (G′/G)-expansion method by seeking more exact solutions via the mKdV equation and the Gardner equations. The method is direct, concise and simple to implement compared to other existing methods. The traveling wave solutions obtained by this method are expressed in terms of hyperbolic, trigonometric and rational functions. The method shows a wide application for handling nonlinear wave equations. Moreover, the method reduces the large amount of calculations.     

Traveling wave solutions of the nonlinear Drinfel’d–Sokolov–Wilson equation and modified Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equations

In this paper, the modified simple equation (MSE) method is implemented to find the exact solutions for the nonlinear Drinfel’d–Sokolov–Wilson (DSW) equation and the modified Benjamin–Bona–Mahony (mBBM) equations. The efficiency of this method for constructing these exact solutions has been demonstrated. It is shown that the MSE method is direct, effective and can be used for many other nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs) in mathematical physics. Moreover, this technique reduces the large volume of calculations.     

Exact solutions of nonlinear time fractional partial differential equations by sub‐equation method

In this article, the sub‐equation method is presented for finding the exact solutions of a nonlinear fractional partial differential equations. For this, the fractional complex transformation method has been used to convert fractional‐order partial differential equation to ordinary differential equation. The fractional derivatives are described in Jumarie's the modified Riemann–Liouville sense. We apply to this method for the nonlinear time fractional differential equations. With the aid of symbolic computation, a variety of exact solutions for them are obtained. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Solitary wave solution of the generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV system

In this research, we find the exact traveling wave solutions involving parameters of the generalized Hirota–Satsuma couple KdV system according to the modified simple equation method with the aid of Maple 16. When these parameters are taken special values, the solitary wave solutions are derived from the exact traveling wave solutions. It is shown that the modified simple equation method provides an effective and a more powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics. Comparison between our results and the well-known results will be presented.     

Explicit solutions of (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear KP-BBM equation by using Exp-function method

This paper is devoted to studying the (2 + 1)-dimensional KP-BBM wave equation. Exp-function method is used to conduct the analysis. The generalized solitary solutions, periodic solutions and other exact solutions for the (2 + 1)-dimensional KP-BBM wave equation are obtained via this method with the aid of symbolic computational system. It is also shown that the Exp-function method, with the help of symbolic computation, provides a powerful mathematical tool for solving other nonlinear evolution equations arising in mathematical physics.     

Remarks on a nonlinear transport problem

A nonlinear transport problem of hyperbolic–elliptic type is studied. Estimates of potentials over varying domains and the method of characteristics enable one to treat the initial value problem for Hölder continuous data as an abstract evolution equation via Picard–Lindelöf theorem. In addition, existence for all times is proved. Similar techniques yield the existence of shock front solutions with smooth interfaces at least for a small time interval. By a priori estimates of approximating solutions, the results extend to the case of only bounded initial values. A modification of the system applies to the construction of a diffeomorphism with prescribed Jacobian determinant.     

An improved generalized F-expansion method and its applications

An improved generalized F-expansion method is proposed to seek exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. With the aid of symbolic computation, we choose the generalized nonlinear Schrodinger equation with a source to illustrate the validity and advantages of the proposed method. Many new and more general non-travelling wave solutions are obtained, including single and combined non-degenerate Jacobi elliptic function solutions, solitons-like solutions, trigonometric function solutions and rational solutions. The method is straightforward and concise, and it can also be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations in physics.     

Exp-function method for Riccati equation and new exact solutions with two arbitrary functions of (2 + 1)-dimensional Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky equations

In this paper, new exact solutions with two arbitrary functions of the (2 + 1)-dimensional Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky equations are obtained by means of the Riccati equation and its generalized solitary wave solutions constructed by the Exp-function method. It is shown that the Exp-function method provides us with a straightforward and important mathematical tool for solving nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

Analytical construction of peaked solutions for the nonlinear evolution of an electromagnetic pulse propagating through a plasma

Abstract

We obtain analytical solutions, by way of the homotopy analysis method, to a nonlinear wave equation describing the nonlinear evolution of a vector potential of an electromagnetic pulse propagating in an arbitrary pair plasma with temperature asymmetry. As the method is analytical, we are able to construct peaked structures which propagate through the pair plasma, analogous to peakon solutions. These solutions are obtained through a novel matching of inner and outer homotopy solutions. In order to ensure that our analytical results are valid over the whole real line, we also discuss the convergence of the analytical results to the true solution, through minimization of the residual errors resulting from an approximate analytical solution. These results demonstrate the existence of peaked pulses propagating through a pair plasma. The algebraic decay rate of the pulses are determined analytically, as well. The method discussed here can be applied to approximate solutions to similar nonlinear partial differential equations of nonlinear Schr¨odinger type.     

Travelling waves for a non-local Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation

We study travelling wave solutions of a Korteweg–de Vries–Burgers equation with a non-local diffusion term. This model equation arises in the analysis of a shallow water flow by performing formal asymptotic expansions associated to the triple-deck regularisation (which is an extension of classical boundary layer theory). The resulting non-local operator is a fractional derivative of order between 1 and 2. Travelling wave solutions are typically analysed in relation to shock formation in the full shallow water problem. We show rigorously the existence of these waves. In absence of the dispersive term, the existence of travelling waves and their monotonicity was established previously by two of the authors. In contrast, travelling waves of the non-local KdV–Burgers equation are not in general monotone, as is the case for the corresponding classical KdV–Burgers equation. This requires a more complicated existence proof compared to the previous work. Moreover, the travelling wave problem for the classical KdV–Burgers equation is usually analysed via a phase-plane analysis, which is not applicable here due to the presence of the non-local diffusion operator. Instead, we apply fractional calculus results available in the literature and a Lyapunov functional. In addition we discuss the monotonicity of the waves in terms of a control parameter and prove their dynamic stability in case they are monotone.     

Blow-up solutions and global solutions for nonlinear parabolic problems

This paper deals with the blow-up of positive solutions for a nonlinear parabolic equation subject to nonlinear boundary conditions. We obtain the conditions under which the solutions may exist globally or blow up in a finite time, by a new approach. Moreover, upper estimates of the “blow-up time”, blow-up rate and global solutions are obtained also.     

Exact solitary wave solutions of nonlinear wave equations

The hyperbolic function method for nonlinear wave equations is presented. In support of a computer algebra system, many exact solitary wave solutions of a class of nonlinear wave equations are obtained via the method. The method is based on the fact that the solitary wave solutions are essentially of a localized nature. Writing the solitary wave solutions of a nonlinear wave equation as the polynomials of hyperbolic functions, the nonlinear wave equation can be changed into a nonlinear system of algebraic equations. The system can be solved via Wu Elimination or Gr?bner base method. The exact solitary wave solutions of the nonlinear wave equation are obtained including many new exact solitary wave solutions.     

New Jacobi elliptic functions solutions for the variable-coefficient mKdV equation

In this work, a new generalized Jacobi elliptic functions expansion method based upon four new Jacobi elliptic functions is described and abundant new Jacobi-like elliptic functions solutions for the variable-coefficient mKdV equation are obtained by using this method, some of these solutions are degenerated to solitary-like solutions and triangular-like functions solutions in the limit cases when the modulus of the Jacobi elliptic functions m→1 or 0, which shows that the new method can be also used to solve other nonlinear partial differential equations in mathematical physics.     

A Generalized （G＇/G）-Expansion Method to Find the Traveling Wave Solutions of Nonlinear Evolution Equations

In this article, we construct the exact traveling wave solutions for nonlinear evolution equations in the mathematical physics via the modified Kawahara equation, the nonlinear coupled KdV equations and the classical Boussinesq equations, by using a generalized （G＇/G）-expansion method, where G satisfies the Jacobi elliptic equation. Many exact solutions in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions are obtained.     

The extended Riccati equation method for travelling wave solutions of ZK equation

In this article, the extended Riccati equation method is applied to seeking more general exact travelling wave solutions of the ZK equation. The traveling wave solutions are expressed by the hyperbolic functions, the trigonometric functions and the rational functions. When the parameters are taken as special values, the solitary wave solutions are obtained from the hyperbolic function solutions. Similarly, the periodic wave solutions are also obtained from the trigonometric function solutions. The approach developed in this paper is effective and it may also be used for solving many other nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

Explicit and exact travelling wave solutions for the generalized derivative Schrödinger equation

In this paper, a new auxiliary equation expansion method and its algorithm is proposed by studying a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a sixth-degree nonlinear term. Being concise and straightforward, the method is applied to the generalized derivative Schrödinger equation. As a result, some new exact travelling wave solutions are obtained which include bright and dark solitary wave solutions, triangular periodic wave solutions and singular solutions. This algorithm can also be applied to other nonlinear wave equations in mathematical physics.     

Rational Jacobi elliptic solutions for nonlinear differential–difference lattice equations

In this work, we present a direct new method for constructing the rational Jacobi elliptic solutions for nonlinear differential–difference equations, which may be called the rational Jacobi elliptic function method. We use the rational Jacobi elliptic function method to construct many new exact solutions for some nonlinear differential–difference equations in mathematical physics via the lattice equation. The proposed method is more effective and powerful for obtaining the exact solutions for nonlinear differential–difference equations.     

Exact solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equation by using symbolic computation

The (G′/G,1/G)‐expansion method and (1/G′)‐expansion method are interesting approaches to find new and more general exact solutions to the nonlinear evolution equations. In this paper, these methods are applied to construct new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The travelling wave solutions are expressed by hyperbolic functions, trigonometric functions and rational functions. It is shown that the proposed methods provide a powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear wave equations in mathematical physics and engineering. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A new generalized algebra method and its application in the (2 + 1) dimensional Boiti–Leon–Pempinelli equation

In the present paper, some types of general solutions of a first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with six degree are given and a new generalized algebra method is presented to find more exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations. As an application of the method and the solutions of this equation, we choose the (2 + 1) dimensional Boiti Leon Pempinelli equation to illustrate the validity and advantages of the method. As a consequence, more new types and general solutions are found which include rational solutions and irrational solutions and so on. The new method can also be applied to other nonlinear differential equations in mathematical physics.