Solutions of the three-dimensional sine-Gordon equation |
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Authors: | E L Aero A N Bulygin Yu V Pavlov |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Machine Science Problems, RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Abstract: | We obtain exact solutions U(x, y, z, t) of the three-dimensional sine-Gordon equation in a form that Lamb previously proposed
for integrating the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation. The three-dimensional solutions depend on arbitrary functions F(α)
and ϕ(α,β), whose arguments are some functions α(x, y, z, t) and β(x, y, z, t). The ansatzes must satisfy certain equations. These
are an algebraic system of equations in the case of one ansatz. In the case of two ansatzes, the system of algebraic equations
is supplemented by first-order ordinary differential equations. The resulting solutions U(x, y, z, t) have an important property,
namely, the superposition principle holds for the function tan(U/4). The suggested approach can be used to solve the generalized sine-Gordon equation, which, in contrast to the classical equation,
additionally involves first-order partial derivatives with respect to the variables x, y, z, and t, and also to integrate
the sinh-Gordon equation. This approach admits a natural generalization to the case of integration of the abovementioned types
of equations in a space with any number of dimensions.
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Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 158, No. 3, pp. 370–377, March, 2009. |
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Keywords: | sine-Gordon equation wave equation Hamilton-Jacobi equation superposition principle |
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