Bilinear Bäcklund transformation and Lax pair for a coupled Ramani equation

In this paper, a coupled Ramani equation is proposed. The bilinear Bäcklund transformation and Lax pair for this equation are derived starting from its bilinear form. Multisoliton solutions to the system can also be obtained.     

Lax pair, Bäcklund transformation and multi-soliton solutions for the Boussinesq-Burgers equations from shallow water waves

Under investigation in this paper is the set of the Boussinesq-Burgers (BB) equations, which can be used to describe the propagation of shallow water waves. Based on the binary Bell polynomials, Hirota method and symbolic computation, the bilinear form and soliton solutions for the BB equations are derived. Bäcklund transformations (BTs) in both the binary-Bell-polynomial and bilinear forms are obtained. Through the BT in the binary-Bell-polynomial form, a type of solutions and Lax pair for the BB equations are presented as well. Propagation characteristics and interaction behaviors of the solitons are discussed through the graphical analysis. Shock wave and bell-shape solitons are respectively obtained for the horizontal velocity field u and height v of the water surface. In both the head-on and overtaking collisions, the shock waves for the u profile change their shapes, which denotes that the collisions for the u profile are inelastic. However, the collisions for the v profile are proved to be elastic through the asymptotic analysis. Our results might have some potential applications for the harbor and coastal design.     

Integrability of the semi-discrete Toda equation with self-consistent sources

A new procedure to construct and solve soliton equations with self-consistent sources (SESCSs) is applied to the semi-discrete Toda equation, based on its bilinear from. Bilinear Bäcklund transformation (BT) for the semi-discrete Toda ESCS is presented. Starting from the BT, a Lax pair is derived for the semi-discrete Toda ESCS.     

Bäcklund transformations and soliton solutions for the KdV6 equation

Using Hirota technique, a Bäcklund transformation in bilinear form is obtained for the KdV6 equation. Furthermore, we present a modified Bäcklund transformation by a dependent variable transformation, it is shown that a new representation of N-soliton solution and some novel solutions to the KdV6 equation are derived by performing an appropriate limiting procedure on the known soliton solutions.     

Soliton solutions and Bäcklund transformation for the complex Ginzburg-Landau equation

Symbolically investigated in this paper is the complex Ginzburg-Landau (CGL) equation. With the Hirota method, both bright and dark soliton solutions for the CGL equation are obtained simultaneously. New Bäcklund transformation in the bilinear form is derived. Relevant properties and features are discussed. Solitons can be compressed (amplified) when the nonlinear (linear) dispersion effect is enhanced. Meanwhile, central frequency of the soliton can be affected by the nonlinear and linear dispersion effects. Besides, directions of the movement for the soliton central frequency can be adjusted. Results of this paper would be of certain value to the studies on the soliton compression and amplification.     

Integrability of a coupled KdV system: Painlevé property, Lax pair and Bäcklund transformation

The integrability of a coupled KdV system is studied by prolongation technique and singularity analysis. As a result, Bäcklund transformation and linear spectral problem associated with this system are obtained. Some special solutions of the system are also proposed.     

Bäcklund transformation in bilinear form for a higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Bäcklund transformation in bilinear form is presented for a higher-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation, which describes the propagation of ultrashort light pulses in optical fibers. With symbolic computation and starting from the Bäcklund transformation, the analytical soliton solution is obtained from a trivial solution and the inverse scattering transform scheme is also derived. Furthermore, the N$N$-soliton solution in double Wronskian form is given, and the value of the arbitrary constant appearing in the Bäcklund transformation is determined for a transformation between the (N−1)$(N-1)$ and N$N$-soliton solutions. The results obtained from the Bäcklund transformation might be valuable in optical communications.     

Bäcklund transformations and abundant exact explicit solutions of the Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation

By using an extension of the homogeneous balance method and Maple, the Bäcklund transformations for the Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation are derived. The connections between the Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation and some linear partial differential equations are found. With the aid of the transformations given here and the computer program Maple 12, abundant exact explicit special solutions to the Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation are constructed. In addition to all known solutions re-deriving in a systematic way, several entirely new and more general exact explicit solitary wave solutions can also be obtained. These solutions include (a) the algebraic solitary wave solution of rational function, (b) single-soliton solutions, (c) double-soliton solutions, (d) N-soliton solutions, (e) singular traveling solutions, (f) the periodic wave solutions of trigonometric function type, and (g) many non-traveling solutions. By using the Airy’s function and the Bäcklund transformations obtained here, the exact explicit solution of the initial value problem for the STO equation is presented. The variety of the structure of the solutions for the Sharma-Tasso-Olver equation is illustrated.     

Soliton solutions, Bäcklund transformation and Wronskian solutions for the extended (2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky equations in fluid mechanics

This paper is to investigate the extended (2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky equations, which can be applied to describing some phenomena in the stratified shear flow, the internal and shallow-water waves and plasmas. Bilinear-form equations are transformed from the original equations and N-soliton solutions are derived via symbolic computation. Bilinear-form Bäcklund transformation and single-soliton solution are obtained and illustrated. Wronskian solutions are constructed from the Bäcklund transformation and single-soliton solution.     

Darboux and Bäcklund transformations of the bidirectional Sawada-Kotera equation

Darboux and Bäcklund transformations of the bidirectional Sawada-Kotera equation are derived with the help of the resulting Riccati equation. As an application, some explicit solutions of the bidirectional Sawada-Kotera equation are obtained, including rational solutions, periodic solutions, and soliton solutions.     

Lax pair, Bäcklund transformation and N-soliton-like solution for a variable-coefficient Gardner equation from nonlinear lattice, plasma physics and ocean dynamics with symbolic computation

In this paper, a generalized variable-coefficient Gardner equation arising in nonlinear lattice, plasma physics and ocean dynamics is investigated. With symbolic computation, the Lax pair and Bäcklund transformation are explicitly obtained when the coefficient functions obey the Painlevé-integrable conditions. Meanwhile, under the constraint conditions, two transformations from such an equation either to the constant-coefficient Gardner or modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation are proposed. Via the two transformations, the investigations on the variable-coefficient Gardner equation can be based on the constant-coefficient ones. The N-soliton-like solution is presented and discussed through the figures for some sample solutions. It is shown in the discussions that the variable-coefficient Gardner equation possesses the right- and left-travelling soliton-like waves, which involve abundant temporally-inhomogeneous features.     

Soliton solutions and a Bäcklund transformation for a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation with variable coefficients from optical fiber communications

Under investigation in this paper is a generalized nonlinear Schrödinger model with variable dispersion, nonlinearity and gain/loss, which could describe the propagation of optical pulse in inhomogeneous fiber systems. By employing the Hirota method, one- and two-soliton solutions are obtained with the aid of symbolic computation. Furthermore, a general formula which denotes multi-soliton solutions is given. Some main properties of the solutions are discussed simultaneously. As one important property of nonlinear evolution equation, the Bäcklund transformation in bilinear form is also constructed, which is helpful on future research and as far as we know is firstly proposed in this paper.     

A hybrid type of soliton equations with self-consistent sources: KP and Toda cases

Source generation procedure is applied to construct a hybrid type of soliton equations with self-consistent sources (SESCSs). The examples include the KP equation with self-consistent sources (KPESCS) and two-dimensional TodaESCS. One typical feature for this hybrid type of SESCSs is that soliton solutions of these new systems contain arbitrary functions of a linear combination of two independent variables, which is different from the normal SESCSs where soliton solutions only contain arbitrary functions of one independent variable. What's more, the obtained two hybrid SESCSs can be reduced to two different simpler SESCSs respectively.     

Some types of solutions and generalized binary Darboux transformation for the mKP equation with self-consistent sources

In this paper, an mKP equation with self-consistent sources (mKPESCSs) is structured in the framework of the constrained mKP equation. Based on the conjugate Lax pairs, we construct the generalized binary Darboux transformation and the N-times repeated Darboux transformation with arbitrary functions at time t for the mKPESCSs which offers a non-auto-Bäcklund transformation between two mKPESCSs with different degrees of sources. With the help of these transformations, some new solutions for the mKPESCSs such as soliton solutions, rational solutions, breather type solutions and exponential solutions are found by taking the special initial solution for auxiliary linear problems and the special functions of t-time.     

Symbolic computation, Bäcklund transformation and analytic N-soliton-like solution for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nonuniformity term from certain space/laboratory plasmas

With symbolic computation, a bilinear Bäcklund transformation is presented for a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nonuniformity term from certain space/laboratory plasmas, and correspondingly the one-soliton-like solution is derived from the Bäcklund transformation. Simultaneously, the N-soliton-like solution in double Wronskian form is also given. Besides, the authors verify that the (N−1)- and N-soliton-like solutions satisfy the Bäcklund transformation. The results obtained in this paper might be valuable for the study of the nonuniform media.     

Bäcklund transformation and multi-soliton solutions for a (2 + 1)-dimensional Korteweg-de Vries system via symbolic computation

In this paper, the (2 + 1)-dimensional Korteweg-de Vries system is symbolically investigated. By the bilinear method, the N-soliton solution is presented. Then, based on the Bäcklund transformation in bilinear form, a new Bäcklund transformation is obtained and new representation of the N-soliton solution is derived. A class of novel multi-soliton solutions are obtained by the new Bäcklund transformation and the availability of symbolic computation is demonstrated.     

Two-periodic waves and asymptotic property for generalized 2D Toda lattice equation

In this paper, two-periodic wave solutions are constructed for the (2 + 1)-dimensional generalized Toda lattice equation by using Hirota bilinear method and Riemann theta function. At the same time, we analyze in details asymptotic properties of the two-periodic wave solutions and give their asymptotic relations between the periodic wave solutions and the soliton solutions.     

On RF-pairs, Bäcklund transformations and linearization of nonlinear equations

Some classes of nonlinear equations of mathematical physics are described that admit order reduction through the use of a hydrodynamic-type transformation, where the unknown function is taken as a new independent variable and an appropriate partial derivative is taken as the new dependent variable. RF-pairs and associated Bäcklund transformations are constructed for evolution equations of general form. The results obtained are used for order reduction of hydrodynamic equations (Navier-Stokes and boundary layer) and constructing exact solutions to these equations. A generalized Calogero equation and a number of other new linearizable nonlinear differential equations of the second, third and forth orders are considered. Some integro-differential equations are analyzed.     

Auto-Bäcklund transformation and similarity reductions for coupled Burger’s equation

In this work, we applied Bäcklund transformation and similarity reduction for coupled Burger’s equation. Clarkson and Kruskal developed a direct and simple method to obtain more similarity solutions of nonlinear partial differential equation. We received our inspiration from Fan’s article, as far as we think that our work is an extended one from the Fan’s has done in his paper. As a result of this study, we obtained solitary wave solutions and traveling wave solutions of coupled Burger’s equation.     

A vector potential KdV equation and vector Ito equation: soliton solutions, bilinear Bäcklund transformations and Lax pairs

A vector potential KdV equation and vector Ito equation are proposed based on their bilinear forms. Soliton solutions expressed by Pfaffians are obtained. Bilinear Bäcklund transformations and the corresponding Lax pairs for the vector potential KdV equation and the vector Ito equation are derived.