Generalization of the simplest equation method for nonlinear non-autonomous differential equations

It is known that the simplest equation method is applied for finding exact solutions of autonomous nonlinear differential equations. In this paper we extend this method for finding exact solutions of non-autonomous nonlinear differential equations (DEs). We applied the generalized approach to look for exact special solutions of three Painlevé equations. As ODE of lower order than Painlevé equations the Riccati equation is taken. The obtained exact special solutions are expressed in terms of the special functions defined by linear ODEs of the second order.     

Exact Solutions and Integrability of the Duffing – Van der Pol Equation

The force-free Duffing–Van der Pol oscillator is considered. The truncated expansions for finding the solutions are used to look for exact solutions of this nonlinear ordinary differential equation. Conditions on parameter values of the equation are found to have the linearization of the Duffing–Van der Pol equation. The Painlevé test for this equation is used to study the integrability of the model. Exact solutions of this differential equation are found. In the special case the approach is simplified to demonstrate that some well-known methods can be used for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations. The first integral of the Duffing–Van der Pol equation is found and the general solution of the equation is given in the special case for parameters of the equation. We also demonstrate the efficiency of the method for finding the first integral and the general solution for one of nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations.     

Be careful with the Exp-function method

An application of the Exp-function method to search for exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations is analyzed. Typical mistakes of application of the Exp-function method are demonstrated. We show it is often required to simplify the exact solutions obtained. Possibilities of the Exp-function method and other approaches in mathematical physics are discussed. The application of the singular manifold method for finding exact solutions of the Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation is illustrated. The modified simplest equation method is introduced. This approach is used to look for exact solutions of the generalized Korteweg–de Vries equation.     

An indirect variable transformation approach and Jacobi elliptic solutions to Korteweg de Vries equation

Based on a variable change and the variable separated ODE method, an indirect variable transformation approach is proposed to search exact solutions to special types of partial differential equations (PDEs). The new method provides a more systematical and convenient handling of the solution process for the nonlinear equations. Its key point is to reduce the given PDEs to variable-coefficient ordinary differential equations, then we look for solutions to the resulting equations by some methods. As an application, exact solutions for the KdV equation are formally derived.     

New exact travelling wave solutions to the complex coupled KdV equations and modified KdV equation

By using some exact solutions of an auxiliary ordinary differential equation, a new direct algebraic method is described to construct the exact complex solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations. The method is implemented for the complex coupled KdV equations and modified KdV equation. New exact complex solutions are obtained.     

A direct algebraic method applied to obtain complex solutions of some nonlinear partial differential equations

By using some exact solutions of an auxiliary ordinary differential equation, a direct algebraic method is described to construct the exact complex solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations. The method is implemented for the NLS equation, a new Hamiltonian amplitude equation, the coupled Schrodinger–KdV equations and the Hirota–Maccari equations. New exact complex solutions are obtained.     

Polygons of differential equations for finding exact solutions

A method for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations is presented. Our method is based on the application of polygons corresponding to nonlinear differential equations. It allows one to express exact solutions of the equation studied through solutions of another equation using properties of the basic equation itself. The ideas of power geometry are used and developed. Our approach has a pictorial interpretation, which is illustrative and effective. The method can be also applied for finding transformations between solutions of differential equations. To demonstrate the method application exact solutions of several equations are found. These equations are: the Korteveg–de Vries–Burgers equation, the generalized Kuramoto–Sivashinsky equation, the fourth-order nonlinear evolution equation, the fifth-order Korteveg–de Vries equation, the fifth-order modified Korteveg–de Vries equation and the sixth-order nonlinear evolution equation describing turbulent processes. Some new exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations are given.     

Generalized method and its application in the higher-order nonlinear Schrodinger equation in nonlinear optical fibres

A generalized method, which is called the generally projective Riccati equation method, is presented to find more exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations based upon a coupled Riccati equation. As an application of the method, we choose the higher-order nonlinear Schrodinger equation to illustrate the method. As a result more new exact travelling wave solutions are found which include bright soliton solutions, dark soliton solution, new solitary waves, periodic solutions and rational solutions. The new method can be extended to other nonlinear differential equations in mathematical physics.     

On nonlinear differential equation with exact solutions having various pole orders

We consider a nonlinear ordinary differential equation having solutions with various movable pole order on the complex plane. We show that the pole order of exact solution is determined by values of parameters of the equation. Exact solutions in the form of the solitary waves for the second order nonlinear differential equation are found taking into account the method of the logistic function. Exact solutions of differential equations are discussed and analyzed.     

Explicit and exact solutions to cubic Duffing and double-well Duffing equations

In this paper, a kind of explicit exact solution of nonlinear differential equations is obtained using a new approach applied in this case to look for exact solutions of the Duffing and double-well Duffing equations. The new proposed procedure is applied by using a quotient trigonometric function expansion method. The method can also be easily applied to solve other nonlinear differential equations.     

New exact solutions to the CDF equations

New exact soliton solutions to the Cologero–Degasperies–Fokas (CDF) equations in (1+1)-dimension and (2+1)-dimension by using the improved tanh method are investigated. First, the (1+1)-dimensional CDF equation is analyzed. By the improved tanh method, the corresponding nonlinear partial differential equation is reduced to the nonlinear ordinary differential equations and then the different types of exact solutions to the original equation are obtained based on the solutions of the Riccati equation. For the case of (2+1)-dimensional CDF equation the same computation procedure is carried out. It is presented that one could obtain new exact explicit solutions, which are traveling wave solutions, to (2+1)-dimensional CDF equation. Additionally, some graphical representations of the solitary and periodic solutions are presented.     

One method for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations

One of old methods for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations is considered. Modifications of the method are discussed. Application of the method is illustrated for finding exact solutions of the Fisher equation and nonlinear ordinary differential equation of the seven order. It is shown that the method is one of the most effective approaches for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations. Merits and demerits of the method are discussed.     

非线性系统的精确解

Based on the computerized symbolic, a new generalized tanh functions method is used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations （PDES） in a unified way. The main idea of our method is to take full advantage of an auxiliary ordinary differential equation which has more new solutions. At the same time, we present a more general transformation, which is a generalized method for finding more types of travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations （NLEEs）. More new exact travelling wave solutions to two nonlinear systems are explicitly obtained.     

长水波近似方程组的新精确解

依据齐次平衡法的思想 ,首先提出了求非线性发展方程精确解的新思路 ,这种方法通过改变待定函数的次序 ,优势是使求解的复杂计算得到简化 .应用本文的思路 ,可得到某些非线性偏微分方程的新解 .其次我们给出了长水波近似方程组的一些新精确解 ,其中包括椭圆周期解 ,我们推广了有关长波近似方程的已有结果 .     

An observation on the periodic solutions to nonlinear physical models by means of the auxiliary equation with a sixth-degree nonlinear term

It is a fact that in auxiliary equation methods, the exact solutions of different types of auxiliary equations may produce new types of exact travelling wave solutions to nonlinear equations. In this manner, various auxiliary equations of first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with distinct-degree nonlinear terms are examined and, by means of symbolic computation, the new solutions of original auxiliary equation of first-order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with sixth-degree nonlinear term are presented. Consequently, the novel exact solutions of the generalized Klein–Gordon equation and the active-dissipative dispersive media equation are found out for illustration purposes. They are also applicable, where conventional perturbation method fails to provide any solution of the nonlinear problems under study.     

Auxiliary equation method for solving nonlinear Wick-type partial differential equations

Using the solutions of an auxiliary differential equation, a direct algebraic method is described to construct several kinds of exact travelling wave solutions for some Wick-type nonlinear partial differential equations. By this method some physically important nonlinear equations are investigated and new exact travelling wave solutions are explicitly obtained. In addition, the links between Wick-type partial differential equations and variable coefficient partial differential equations are also clarified generally.     

Some new and general solutions to the compound KdV-Burgers system with nonlinear terms of any order

In this letter, a new Riccati equation expansion method is presented for constructing exact travelling-wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. The main idea of this method is to take full advantage of the solutions of the Riccati equation to construct exact travelling-wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. As a result, some more generalized solutions, which contain triangular periodic solutions, exp function solutions and the soliton-like solutions, are obtained.     

Construction and Study of Exact Solutions to A Nonlinear Heat Equation

We construct and study exact solutions to a nonlinear second order parabolic equation which is usually called the “nonlinear heat equation” or “nonlinear filtration equation” in the Russian literature and the “porous medium equation” in other countries. Under examination is the special class of solutions having the form of a heat wave that propagates through cold (zero) background with finite velocity. The equation degenerates on the boundary of a heat wave (called the heat front) and its order decreases. The construction of these solutions by passing to an overdetermined system and analyzing its solvability reduces to integration of nonlinear ordinary differential equations of the second order with an initial condition such that the equations are not solvable with respect to the higher derivative. Some admissible families of heat fronts and the corresponding exact solutions to the problems in question are obtained. A detailed study of the global properties of solutions is carried out by the methods of the qualitative theory of differential equations and power geometry which are adapted for degenerate equations. The results are interpreted from the point of view of the behavior and properties of heat waves with a logarithmic front.     

A Note on Some Sub-Equation Methods and New Types of Exact Travelling Wave Solutions for Two Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations

Sub-equation methods are used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. The key idea of these methods is to take full advantage of all kinds of special solutions of sub-equation, which is usually a nonlinear ordinary differential equation. We present a function transformation which not only gives us a clear relation among these sub-equation methods, but also can be used to obtain the general solutions of these sub-equations. And then new exact travelling wave solutions of the CKdV-MKdV equation and the CKdV equations as applications of this transformation are obtained, and the approach presented in this paper can be also applied to other nonlinear partial differential equations.      

The formally variable separation approach for the dust-acoustic solitary waves with dust charge variation

The formally variable separation approach is used for handling the dust-acoustic solitary waves in a dusty plasma, including consideration of dust charge variation. New analytical solutions of nonlinear waves are formally derived for the governing equation of the system. We have triumphantly derived the exact analytical expressions and some approximate expressions of the nonlinear dust-acoustic waves in a dusty plasma under some special cases. The work introduces entirely new solutions and emphasizes the power of the newly developed method that can be used in problems with identical nonlinearities.