New interaction solutions and nonlocal symmetry of an equation combining the modified Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation with its negative-order form

The nonlocal symmetry is derived for an equation combining the modified Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation with its negative-order form from the truncated Painlevéexpansion method. The nonlocal symmetries are localized to the Lie point symmetry by introducing new auxiliary dependent variables. The finite symmetry transformation and the Lie point symmetry for the prolonged system are solved directly. Many new interaction solutions among soliton and other types of interaction solutions for the modified Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation with its negative-order form can be obtained from the consistent condition of the consistent tanh expansion method by selecting the proper arbitrary constants.     

Integrability and Solutions of the(2+1)-dimensional Hunter–Saxton Equation

In this paper,the(2+1)-dimensional Hunter-Saxton equation is proposed and studied.It is shown that the(2+1)-dimensional Hunter–Saxton equation can be transformed to the Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation by reciprocal transformations.Based on the Lax-pair of the Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation,a non-isospectral Lax-pair of the(2+1)-dimensional Hunter–Saxton equation is derived.In addition,exact singular solutions with a finite number of corners are obtained.Furthermore,the(2+1)-dimensional μ-Hunter–Saxton equation is presented,and its exact peaked traveling wave solutions are derived.     

Exact Interaction Solutions of an Extended(2+1)-Dimensional Shallow Water Wave Equation

Applying the consistent Riccati expansion method, the extended(2+1)-dimensional shallow water wave equation is proved consistent Riccati solvable and the exact interaction solutions including soliton-cnoidal wave solutions,solitoff-typed solutions are obtained. With the help of the truncated Painlev′e expansion, the corresponding nonlocal symmetry is also given, and furthermore, the nonlocal symmetry is localized by prolonging the related enlarged system.     

Lump Solutions and Interaction Phenomenon for (2+1)-Dimensional Sawada–Kotera Equation

In this paper, a class of lump solutions to the (2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equation is studied by searching for positive quadratic function solutions to the associated bilinear equation. To guarantee rational localization and analyticity of the lumps, some sufficient and necessary conditions are presented on the parameters involved in the solutions. Then, a completely non-elastic interaction between a lump and a stripe of the(2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equation is obtained, which shows a lump solution is drowned or swallowed by a stripe soliton. Finally, 2-dimensional curves, 3-dimensional plots and density plots with particular choices of the involved parameters are presented to show the dynamic characteristics of the obtained lump and interaction solutions.     

Residual symmetry reductions and interaction solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional Burgers equation

In nonlinear physics,it is very difficult to study interactions among different types of nonlinear waves.In this paper,the nonlocal symmetry related to the truncated Painleve′expansion of the(2+1)-dimensional Burgers equation is localized after introducing multiple new variables to extend the original equation into a new system.Then the corresponding group invariant solutions are found,from which interaction solutions among different types of nonlinear waves can be found.Furthermore,the Burgers equation is also studied by using the generalized tanh expansion method and a new Ba¨cklund transformation(BT)is obtained.From this BT,novel interactive solutions among different nonlinear excitations are found.     

New interaction solutions of the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation

The residual symmetry relating to the truncated Painlev′e expansion of the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili(KP) equation is nonlocal, which is localized in this paper by introducing multiple new dependent variables. By using the standard Lie group approach, new symmetry reduction solutions for the KP equation are obtained based on the general form of Lie point symmetry for the prolonged system. In this way, the interaction solutions between solitons and background waves are obtained, which are hard to find by other traditional methods.     

Interactions Between Solitons and Cnoidal Periodic Waves of the(2+1)-Dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky Equation

The(2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation is an important prototypic model in nonlinear physics, which can be applied to many fields. Various nonlinear excitations of the(2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation have been found by many methods. However, it is very difficult to find interaction solutions among different types of nonlinear excitations. In this paper, with the help of the Riccati equation, the(2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation is solved by the consistent Riccati expansion(CRE). Furthermore, we obtain the soliton-cnoidal wave interaction solution of the(2+1)-dimensional Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky equation.     

Novel interaction phenomena of the(3+1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation

In this paper,we give the general interaction solution to the(3+1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation.The general interaction solution contains the classical interaction solution.As an example,by using the generalized bilinear method and symbolic computation by using Maple software,novel interaction solutions under certain constraints of the(3+1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation are obtained.Via three-dimensional plots,contour plots and density plots with the help of Maple,the physical characteristics and structures of these waves are described very well.These solutions greatly enrich the exact solutions to the(3+1)-dimensional Jimbo–Miwa equation found in the existing literature.     

Localization of nonlocal symmetries and interaction solutions of the Sawada–Kotera equation

The nonlocal symmetry of the Sawada–Kotera(SK) equation is constructed with the known Lax pair. By introducing suitable and simple auxiliary variables, the nonlocal symmetry is localized and the finite transformation and some new solutions are obtained further. On the other hand, the group invariant solutions of the SK equation are constructed with the classic Lie group method.In particular, by a Galileo transformation some analytical soliton-cnoidal interaction solutions of a asymptotically integrable equation are discussed in graphical ways.     

Nonlocal Symmetries and Interaction Solutions for Potential Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

The nonlocal symmetry for the potential Kadomtsev-Petviashvili(pKP)equation is derived by the truncated Painleve analysis.The nonlocal symmetry is localized to the Lie point symmetry by introducing the auxiliary dependent variable.Thanks to localization process,the finite symmetry transformations related with the nonlocal symmetry are obtained by solving the prolonged systems.The inelastic interactions among the multiple-front waves of the pKP equation are generated from the finite symmetry transformations.Based on the consistent tanh expansion method,a nonauto-B(a|¨)cklund transformation(BT)theorem of the pKP equation is constructed.We can get many new types of interaction solutions because of the existence of an arbitrary function in the nonauto-BT theorem.Some special interaction solutions are investigated both in analytical and graphical ways.     

Symmetry Groups and New Exact Solutions to （2＋1）-Dimensional Variable Coefficient Canonical Generalized KP Equation

In this paper, the modified CK＇s direct method to find symmetry groups of nonlinear partial differential equation is extended to （2＋1）-dimensional variable coeffficient canonical generalized KP （VCCGKP） equation. As a result, symmetry groups, Lie point symmetry group and Lie symmetry for the VCCGKP equation are obtained. In fact, the Lie point symmetry group coincides with that obtained by the standard Lie group approach. Applying the given Lie symmetry, we obtain five types of similarity reductions and a lot of new exact solutions, including hyperbolic function solutions, triangular periodic solutions, Jacobi elliptic function solutions and rational solutions, for the VCCGKP equation.     

Soliton molecules and the CRE method in the extended mKdV equation

The soliton molecules of the(1+1)-dimensional extended modified Korteweg–de Vries(mKdV)system are obtained by a new resonance condition, which is called velocity resonance. One soliton molecule and interaction between a soliton molecule and one-soliton are displayed by selecting suitable parameters. The soliton molecules including the bright and bright soliton, the dark and bright soliton, and the dark and dark soliton are exhibited in figures 1–3, respectively.Meanwhile, the nonlocal symmetry of the extended mKdV equation is derived by the truncated Painlevé method. The consistent Riccati expansion(CRE) method is applied to the extended mKdV equation. It demonstrates that the extended mKdV equation is a CRE solvable system. A nonauto-B?cklund theorem and interaction between one-soliton and cnoidal waves are generated by the CRE method.     

Folded novel accurate analytical and semi-analytical solutions of a generalized Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff equation

This paper studies the analytical and semi-analytic solutions of the generalized Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff(CBS) equation. This model describes the(2 + 1)–dimensional interaction between Riemann-wave propagation along the y-axis and the x-axis wave. The extended simplest equation(ESE) method is applied to the model, and a variety of novel solitarywave solutions is given. These solitary-wave solutions prove the dynamic behavior of soliton waves in plasma. The accuracy of the obtained solution is verified using a variational iteration(VI) semi-analytical scheme. The analysis and the match between the constructed analytical solution and the semi-analytical solution are sketched using various diagrams to show the accuracy of the solution we obtained. The adopted scheme's performance shows the effectiveness of the method and its ability to be applied to various nonlinear evolution equations.     

A Simple Method to Generate Lie Point Symmetry Groups of the （3＋1）-Dimensional Jimbo-Miwa Equation

Taking the (3 1)-dimensional Jimbo-Miwa equation as a simple example, we develop a modified direct method to find symmetry groups and symmetry algebras. Some exact solutions of the model are given by the simple method.     

Darboux transformation and soliton solutions of a nonlocal Hirota equation

Starting from local coupled Hirota equations,we provide a reverse space-time nonlocal Hirota equation by the symmetry reduction method known as the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur scattering problem.The Lax integrability of the nonlocal Hirota equation is also guaranteed by existence of the Lax pair.By Lax pair,an n-fold Darboux transformation is constructed for the nonlocal Hirota equation by which some types of exact solutions are found.The solutions with specific properties are distinct from those of the local Hirota equation.In order to further describe the properties and the dynamic features of the solutions explicitly,several kinds of graphs are depicted.     

Lie Symmetry Groups of （2＋1）-Dimensional BKP Equation and Its New Solutions

A modified direct method is developed to find finite symmetry groups of nonlinear mathematical physics systems. Applying the modified direct method to the well-known （2＋1）-dimensional B KP equation we get its symmetry. Furthermore, the exact solutions of （2＋1）-dimensional BKP equation are obtained through symmetry analysis.     

Nonlocal Symmetry,CTE Solvability and Interaction Solutions of Whitham–Broer–Kaup Equations

Whitham–Broer–Kaup(WBK) equations in the shallow water small-amplitude regime is hereby under investigation. Nonlocal symmetry and Bcklund transformation are presented via the truncated Painlevé expansion.This residual symmetry is localised to Lie point symmetry by the properly enlarged system. The finite symmetry transformation of the prolonged system is computed. Based on the CTE method, WBK equations are linearized and new analytic interaction solutions between solitary waves and cnoidal waves are given with the aid of solutions for the linear equation.     

Invariance of Painlev property for some reduced (1+1)-dimensional equations

We study the Painleve′property of the (1+1)-dimensional equations arising from the symmetry reduction for the (2+1)-dimensional ones.Firstly,we derive the similarity reduction of the (2+1)-dimensional potential Calogero–Bogoyavlenskii–Schiff (CBS)equation and Konopelchenko–Dubrovsky (KD)equations with the optimal system of the admitted onedimensional subalgebras.Secondly,by analyzing the reduced CBS,KD,and Burgers equations with Painleve′test,respectively,we find both the Painleve′integrability,and the number and location of resonance points are invariant,if the similarity variables include all of the independent variables.     

Forced(2+1)-dimensional discrete three-wave equation

We generalize the ■-dressing method to investigate a(2+1)-dimensional lattice,which can be regarded as a forced(2+1)-dimensional discrete three-wave equation.The soliton solutions to the(2+1)-dimensional lattice are given through constructing different symmetry conditions.The asymptotic analysis of one-soliton solution is discussed.For the soliton solution,the forces are zero.     

Three types of generalized Kadomtsev－Petviashvili equations arising from baroclinic potential vorticity equation

By means of the reductive perturbation method, three types of generalized (2+1)-dimensional Kadomtsev--Petviashvili (KP) equations are derived from the baroclinic potential vorticity (BPV) equation, including the modified KP (mKP) equation, standard KP equation and cylindrical KP (cKP) equation. Then some solutions of generalized cKP and KP equations with certain conditions are given directly and a relationship between the generalized mKP equation and the mKP equation is established by the symmetry group direct method proposed by Lou et al. From the relationship and the solutions of the mKP equation, some solutions of the generalized mKP equation can be obtained. Furthermore, some approximate solutions of the baroclinic potential vorticity equation are derived from three types of generalized KP equations.