Extended Group Foliation Method and Functional Separation of Variables to Nonlinear Wave Equations

Generalized functional separation of variables to nonlinear evolution equations is studied in terms of the extended group foliation method, which is based on the Lie point symmetry method. The approach is applied to nonlinear wave equations with variable speed and external force. A complete classification for the wave equation which admits functional separable solutions is presented. Some known results can be recovered by this approach.     

Construction of exact solutions to a family of wave equations by the functional variable method

The method developed in this work uses an alternative functional variable method to construct exact travelling solutions to a class of nonlinear wave equations. It is shown that it is possible to obtain by a direct treatment the general solutions to some important nonlinear model equations which arise in a wide variety of physical problems. We have also presented some interesting typical examples to illustrate the application of this method.     

Compact and noncompact structures for nonlinear fractional evolution equations

This Letter deals with compact and noncompact solutions for nonlinear evolution equations with time-fractional derivatives. We present a reliable approach of the homotopy perturbation method to handle nonlinear fractional evolution equations. The validity of the approach is verified through illustrative examples. New exact solitary wave and compacton solutions are developed. The proposed technique could lead to a promising approach for a wide class of nonlinear fractional evolution equations.     

Exact Travelling Solutions of Discrete sine-Gordon Equation via Extended Tanh-Function Approach

In this paper, we generalize the extended tanh-function approach, which was used to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations or coupled nonlinear partial differential equations, to nonlinear differential-difference equations. As illustration, two series of exact travelling wave solutions of the discrete sine-Gordon equation are obtained by means of the extended tanh-function approach.     

Exact Travelling Solutions of Discrete sine-Gordon Equation via Extended Tanh-Function Approach

In this paper, we generalize the extended tanh-function approach, which was used to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations or coupled nonlinear partial differential equations, to nonlinear differential-difference equations. As illustration, two series of exact travelling wave solutions of the discrete sine-Gordon equation are obtained by means of the extended tanh-function approach.     

Exact solutions of some nonlinear partial differential equations using functional variable method

The functional variable method is a powerful solution method for obtaining exact solutions of some nonlinear partial differential equations. In this paper, the functional variable method is used to establish exact solutions of the generalized forms of Klein–Gordon equation, the (2?+?1)-dimensional Camassa–Holm Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation and the higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation. By using this useful method, we found some exact solutions of the above-mentioned equations. The obtained solutions include solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions and combined formal solutions. It is shown that the proposed method is effective and general.     

The Application of Extended Tanh-Function Approach in Toda Lattice Equations

In this paper, we generalize the extended tanh-function approach, which used to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDES) or coupled nonlinear partial differential equations, to nonlinear differential-difference equations (NDDES). As illustration, we discuss some Toda lattice equations, and solitary wave and periodic wave solutions of these Toda lattice equations are obtained by means of the extended tanh-function approach. PACS numbers: 05.45.Yv, 02.30.Jr, 02.30.Ik.     

Functional Separable Solutions to Nonlinear Diffusion Equations by Group Foliation Method

We consider the functional separation of variables to the nonlinear diffusion equation with source and convection termut = (A(x)D(u)ux)x B(x)Q(u),Ax ≠ 0.The functional separation of variables to this equation is studied by using the group foliation method.A classification is carried out for the equations which admit the function separable solutions.As a consequence,some solutions to the resulting equations are obtained.     

Variable Separation and Derivative-Dependent Functional Separable Solutions to Generalized Nonlinear Wave Equations

Using the generalized conditional symmetry approach, we obtain a number of new generalized (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear wave equations that admit derivative-dependent functional separable solutions.     

A procedure to construct exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations

In this paper, we implemented the functional variable method for the exact solutions of the Zakharov?CKuznetsov-modified equal-width (ZK-MEW), the modified Benjamin?CBona?CMahony (mBBM) and the modified KdV?CKadomtsev?CPetviashvili (KdV?CKP) equations. By using this scheme, we found some exact solutions of the above-mentioned equations. The obtained solutions include solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions and combined formal solutions. The functional variable method presents a wider applicability for handling nonlinear wave equations.     

非线性演化方程孤立波的同伦分析法求解

利用同伦分析法求解了Burgers方程，得到了其扭结形孤立波的近似解析解，该解非常接近于相应的精确解.结果表明，同伦分析法可用来求解非线性演化方程的孤立波解.同时，也对所用方法进行了一定扩展，得到了Kadomtsev-Petviashvili(KP)方程的钟形孤立子解.经过扩展后的方法能够更方便地用于求解更多非线性演化方程的高精度近似解析解. 关键词： Burgers方程 同伦分析法 KP方程 孤立波解     

A new auxiliary equation method and its application to the Sharma-Tasso-Olver model

A new auxiliary equation method, constructed by a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with at most an eighth-degree nonlinear term, is first proposed for exploring more exact solutions to nonlinear evolution equations. Being concise and straightforward, the method, with the aid of symbolic computation, is applied to the Sharma-Tasso-Olver model, and some new exact solitary wave solutions are obtained. The approach is also applicable to searches for exact solutions of other nonlinear evolution equations.     

Solitary Wave and Periodic Wave Solutions for the Relativistic Toda Lattices

In this work, an adaptation of the tanh/tan-method that is discussed usually in the nonlinear partial differential equations is presented to solve nonlinear polynomial differential-difference equations. As a concrete example, several solitary wave and periodic wave solutions for the chain which is related to the relativistic Toda lattice are derived. Some systems of the differential-difference equations that can be solved using our approach are listed and a discussion is given in conclusion.     

Double Elliptic Equation Expansion Approach and Novel Solutions of （2＋1）-Dimensional Break Soliton Equation

In this paper, by means of double elliptic equation expansion approach, the novel double nonlinear wave solutions of the （2＋1）-dimensional break soliton equation are obtained. These double nonlinear wave solutions contain the double Jacobi elliptic function-like solutions, the double solitary wave-like solutions, and so on. The method is also powerful to some other nonlinear wave equations in （2＋1） dimensions.     

A New Generalized Riccati Equation Rational Expansion Method to Generalized Burgers-Fisher Equation with Nonlinear Terms of Any Order

In this paper, based on a new more general ansitz, a new algebraic method, named generalized Riccati equation rational expansion method, is devised for constructing travelling wave solutions for nonlinear evolution equations with nonlinear terms of any order. Compared with most existing tanh methods for finding travelling wave solutions, the proposed method not only recovers the results by most known algebraic methods, but also provides new and more general solutions. We choose the generalized Burgers-Fisher equation with nonlinear terms of any order to illustrate our method. As a result, we obtain several new kinds of exact solutions for the equation. This approach can also be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations with nonlinear terms of any order.     

A New Approach to Solve Nonlinear Wave Equations

From the nonlinear sine-Gordon equation, new transformations are obtained in this paper, which are applied to propose a new approach to construct exact periodic solutions to nonlinear wave equations. It is shown that more new periodic solutions can be obtained by this new approach, and more shock wave solutions or solitary wave solutions can be got under their limit conditions.     

A New Generalized Riccati Equation Rational Expansion Method to Generalized Burgers-Fisher Equation with Nonlinear Terms of Any Order

In this paper, based on a new more general ansatz, a new algebraic method, named generalized Riccati equation rational expansion method, is devised for constructing travelling wave solutions for nonlinear evolution equations with nonlinear terms of any order. Compared with most existing tanh methods for finding travelling wave solutions, the proposed method not only recovers the results by most known algebraic methods, but also provides new and more general solutions. We choose the generalized Burgers-Fisher equation with nonlinear terms of any order to illustrate our method. As a result, we obtain several new kinds of exact solutions for the equation. This approach can also be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations with nonlinear terms of any order.     

Functional Variable Separation for Extended Nonlinear Elliptic Equations

This paper is devoted to the study of functional variable separation for extended nonlinear elliptic equations.By applying the functional variable separation approach to extended nonlinear elliptic equations via the generalized conditional symmetry, we obtain complete classification of those equations which admit functional separable solutions (FSSs) and construct some exact FSSs to the resulting equations.     

A Computational Approach to the New Type Solutions of Whitham-Broer-Kaup Equation in Shallow Water

Based on computerized symbolic computation, a new method and its algorithm are proposed for searching for exact travelling wave solutions of the nonlinear partial differential equations. Making use of our approach, we investigate the Whitham-Broer-Kaup equation in shallow water and obtain new families of exact solutions, which include soliton-like solutions and periodic solutions. As its special cases, the solutions of classical long wave equations and modified Boussinesq equations can also be found.