Extended Symmetry of Generalized Variable-Coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

In this paper, the extended symmetry of generalized variable-coeFficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili （vcKP） equation is investigated by the extended symmetry group method with symbolic computation. Then on the basis of the extended symmetry, we can establish relation among some different kinds of vcKP equations. Thus the exact solutions of these veKP equations can be constructed via the simple veKP equations or constant-coefficient KP equations.     

Variable-Coefficient Mapping Method Based on Elliptical Equation and Exact Solutions to Nonlinear SchrSdinger Equations with Variable Coefficient

In this paper, by means of the variable-coefficient mapping method based on elliptical equation, we obtain explicit solutions of nonlinear Schrodinger equation with variable-coefficient. These solutions include Jacobian elliptic function solutions, solitary wave solutions, soliton-like solutions, and trigonometric function solutions, among which some are found for the first time. Six figures are given to illustrate some features of these solutions. The method can be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

Variable coefficient nonlinear systems derived from an atmospheric dynamical system

Variable coefficient nonlinear systems, the Korteweg de Vries (KdV), the modified KdV (mKdV) and the nonlinear Schr?dinger (NLS) type equations, are derived from the nonlinear inviscid barotropic nondivergent vorticity equation in a beta-plane by means of the multi-scale expansion method in two different ways, with and without the so-called y-average trick. The non-auto-B\"acklund transformations are found to transform the derived variable coefficient equations to the corresponding standard KdV, mKdV and NLS equations. Thus, many possible exact solutions can be obtained by taking advantage of the known solutions of these standard equations. Further, many approximate solutions of the original model are ready to be yielded which might be applied to explain some real atmospheric phenomena, such as atmospheric blocking episodes.     

The Quasi-Periodic Solutions for the Variable-Coefficient KdV Equation

Hirota method is used to directly construct quasi-periodic wave solutions for the nonisospectral soliton equation.One and two quasi-periodic wave solutions for the variable-coefficient KdV equation are studied.The well known one-soliton solution can be reduced from the one quasi-periodic wave solution.     

General Symmetry Approach to Solve Variable—Coefficient Nonlinear Equations

After considering the variable coefficient of a nonlinear equation as a new dependent variable,some special types of variable-coefficient equation can be solved from the corresponding constant-coefficient equations by using the general classical Lie approach.Taking the nonlinear Schrodinger equation as a concrete example,the method is recommended in detail.     

Consistent Riccati expansion solvability,symmetries, and analytic solutions of a forced variable-coefficient extended Korteveg-de Vries equation in fluid dynamics of internal solitary waves

We study a forced variable-coefficient extended Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation in fluid dynamics with respect to internal solitary wave. Bäcklund transformations of the forced variable-coefficient extended KdV equation are demonstrated with the help of truncated Painlevé expansion. When the variable coefficients are time-periodic, the wave function evolves periodically over time. Symmetry calculation shows that the forced variable-coefficient extended KdV equation is invariant under the Galilean transformations and the scaling transformations. One-parameter group transformations and one-parameter subgroup invariant solutions are presented. Cnoidal wave solutions and solitary wave solutions of the forced variable-coefficient extended KdV equation are obtained by means of function expansion method. The consistent Riccati expansion (CRE) solvability of the forced variable-coefficient extended KdV equation is proved by means of CRE. Interaction phenomenon between cnoidal waves and solitary waves can be observed. Besides, the interaction waveform changes with the parameters. When the variable parameters are functions of time, the interaction waveform will be not regular and smooth.     

Transformations for a generalized variable-coefficient nonlinear Schrödinger model from plasma physics,arterial mechanics and optical fibers with symbolic computation

Describing space and laboratory plasmas, arterial mechanics and optical fibers, a generalized variable-coefficient nonlinear Schr?dinger model is hereby under investigation. Four transformations have been constructed from such a model to the known standard and cylindrical nonlinear Schr?dinger equations with the relevant constraints on the variable coefficients presented. Symbolic computation is performed. Specialities of those transformations are discussed. Analytic solutions of such a generalized variable-coefficient model can be obtained via those transformations from the analytic solutions of the standard and cylindrical ones.     

Traveling wave solutions for time-dependent coefficient nonlinear evolution equations

In this article, we establish exact solutions for variable-coefficient modified KdV equation, variable-coefficient KdV equation, and variable-coefficient diffusion–reaction equations. The modified sine-cosine method is used to construct exact periodic solutions. These solutions may be important for the explanation of some practical physical problems. The obtained results show that the modified sine-cosine method provides a powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear equations with variable coefficients.     

Linear superposition solutions to nonlinear wave equations

The solutions to a linear wave equation can satisfy the principle of superposition,i.e.,the linear superposition of two or more known solutions is still a solution of the linear wave equation.We show in this article that many nonlinear wave equations possess exact traveling wave solutions involving hyperbolic,triangle,and exponential functions,and the suitable linear combinations of these known solutions can also constitute linear superposition solutions to some nonlinear wave equations with special structural characteristics.The linear superposition solutions to the generalized KdV equation K(2,2,1),the Oliver water wave equation,and the k(n,n) equation are given.The structure characteristic of the nonlinear wave equations having linear superposition solutions is analyzed,and the reason why the solutions with the forms of hyperbolic,triangle,and exponential functions can form the linear superposition solutions is also discussed.     

Lienard Equation and Exact Solutions for Some Soliton-Producing Nonlinear Equations

In this paper, we first consider exact solutions for Lienard equation with nonlinear terms of any order. Then, explicit exact bell and kink profile solitary-wave solutions for many nonlinear evolution equations are obtained by means of results of the Lienard equation and proper deductions, which transform original partial differential equations into the Lienard one. These nonlinear equations include compound KdV, compound KdV-Burgers, generalized Boussinesq, generalized KP and Ginzburg-Landau equation. Some new solitary-wave solutions are found.     

A Note on the Transformation of Variables of KP Equation,Cylindrical KP Equation and Spherical KP Equation

In a recent article(Commun. Theor. Phys. 67(2017) 207), three(2+1)-dimensional equations — KP equation, cylindrical KP equation and spherical KP equation, have been reduced to the same Kd V equation by using different transformation of variables, respectively. In this short note, by adding an adjustment item to original transformation, three more general transformation of variables corresponding to above three equations have been given.Substituting the solutions of the Kd V equation into our transformation of variables, more new exact solutions of the three(2+1)-dimensional equations can be obtained.     

Variable-Coefficient Hyperbola Function Method and Its Application to （2＋1）-Dimensional Variable-Coefficient Broer-Kaup System

Based on a new intermediate transformation, a variable-coeFficient hyperbola function method is proposed.Being concise and straightforward, it is applied to the (2 1)-dimensional variable-coeFficient Broer-Kaup system. As a result, several new families of exact soliton-like solutions are obtained, besides the travelling wave. When imposing some conditions on them, the new exact solitary wave solutions of the (2 1)-dimensional Broer Kaup system are given. The method can be applied to other variable-coeFficient nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

广义(3+1)维Zakharov-Kuznetsov方程的对称约化、精确解和守恒律

运用李群分析,得到了广义(3+1)维Zakharov-Kuznetsov(ZK)方程的对称及约化方程,结合齐次平衡原理,试探函数法和指数函数法得到了该方程的群不变解和新精确解,包括冲击波解、孤立波解等.进一步给出了广义(3+1)维ZK方程的伴随方程和守恒律.     

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.     

Transformations for a generalized variable-coefficient Korteweg–de Vries model from blood vessels,Bose–Einstein condensates,rods and positons with symbolic computation

The variable-coefficient Korteweg–de Vries (KdV)-typed models, although often hard to be studied, are of current interest in describing various real situations. Under investigation hereby is a large class of the generalized variable-coefficient KdV models with external-force and perturbed/dissipative terms. Recent examples of this class include those in blood vessels and circulatory system, arterial dynamics, trapped Bose–Einstein condensates related to matter waves and nonlinear atom optics, Bose gas of impenetrable bosons with longitudinal confinement, rods of compressible hyperelastic material and semiconductor heterostructures with positonic phenomena. In this Letter, based on symbolic computation, four transformations are proposed from this class either to the cylindrical or standard KdV equation when the respective constraint holds. The constraints have nothing to do with the external-force term. Under those transformations, such analytic solutions as those with the Airy, Hermit and Jacobian elliptic functions can be obtained, including the solitonic profiles. The roles for the perturbed and external-force terms to play are observed and discussed. Investigations on this class can be performed through the properties of solutions of cylindrical and standard KdV equations.     

变量分离法与变系数非线性薛定谔方程的求解探索

把变量分离法应用于(1+1) 维非线性物理模型，构建了色散缓变光纤变系数非线性薛定谔方程的一类新的孤子解.作为特例，也得到了常系数非线性薛定谔方程的包络型孤子解，只是解的形式有点变化. 关键词： 变量分离法 变系数 薛定谔方程 孤子解     

ON THE APPLICATION OF A GENERALIZED VERSION OF THE DRESSING METHOD TO THE INTEGRATION OF VARIABLE COEFFICIENT N-COUPLED NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER EQUATION

N-coupled nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equations have been proposed to describe N-pulse simultaneous propagation in optical fibers. When the fiber is nonuniform, N-coupled variable-coefficient NLS equations can arise. In this paper, a family of N-coupled integrable variable-coefficient NLS equations are studied by using a generalized version of the dressing method. We first extend the dressing method to the versions with (N + 1) × (N + 1) operators and (2N + 1) × (2N + 1) operators. Then, we obtain three types of N-coupled variable-coefficient equations (N-coupled NLS equations, N-coupled Hirota equations and N-coupled high-order NLS equations). Then, the compatibility conditions are given, which insure that these equations are integrable. Finally, the explicit solutions of the new integrable equations are obtained.     

Singular 1-soliton and Periodic Solutions to the Nonlinear Fisher-Type Equation with Time-Dependent Coefficients

In this article,we establish exact solutions for the variable-coefficient Fisher-type equation.The solutions are obtained by the modified sine-cosine method and ansatz method.The soliton and periodic solutions and topological as well as the singular 1-soliton solution are obtained with the aid of the ansatz method.These solutions are important for the explanation of some practical physical problems.The obtained results show that these methods provide a powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear equations with variable coefficients.     

A discrete KdV equation hierarchy: continuous limit,diverse exact solutions and their asymptotic state analysis

In this paper, a discrete KdV equation that is related to the famous continuous KdV equation is studied. First, an integrable discrete KdV hierarchy is constructed, from which several new discrete KdV equations are obtained. Second, we correspond the first several discrete equations of this hierarchy to the continuous KdV equation through the continuous limit. Third, the generalized (m, 2N − m)-fold Darboux transformation of the discrete KdV equation is established based on its known Lax pair. Finally, the diverse exact solutions including soliton solutions, rational solutions and mixed solutions on non-zero seed background are obtained by applying the resulting Darboux transformation, and their asymptotic states and physical properties such as amplitude, velocity, phase and energy are analyzed. At the same time, some soliton solutions are numerically simulated to show their dynamic behaviors. The properties and results obtained in this paper may be helpful to understand some physical phenomena described by KdV equations.     

Variable-Coefficient Hyperbola Function Method and Its Application to (2+1)-Dimensional Variable-Coefficient Broer-Kaup System

Based on a new intermediate transformation, a variable-coefficient hyperbola function method is proposed.Being concise and straightforward, it is applied to the (2 1)-dimensional variable-coefficient Broer Kaup system. As a result, several new families of exact soliton-like solutions are obtained, besides the travelling wave. When imposing some conditions on them, the new exact solitary wave solutions of the (2 1)-dimensional Broer-Kaup system are given. The method can be applied to other variable-coefficient nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.