New exact solutions to the space–time fractional nonlinear wave equation obtained by the ansatz and functional variable methods

In this paper, the ansatz method and the functional variable method are employed to find new analytic solutions for the space–time nonlinear fractional wave equation, the space–time fractional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili–Benjamin–Bona–Mahony equation and the space–time fractional modified Korteweg–de Vries–Zakharov–Kuznetsov equation. As a result, some exact solutions are obtained in terms of hyperbolic and periodic functions. It is shown that the proposed methods provide a more powerful mathematical tool for constructing exact solutions for many other nonlinear fractional differential equations occurring in nonlinear physical phenomena. We have also presented the numerical simulations for these equations by means of three dimensional plots.     

The functional variable method for finding exact solutions of some nonlinear time-fractional differential equations

In this paper, we implemented the functional variable method and the modified Riemann–Liouville derivative for the exact solitary wave solutions and periodic wave solutions of the time-fractional Klein–Gordon equation, and the time-fractional Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV system. This method is extremely simple but effective for handling nonlinear time-fractional differential equations.     

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.     

Comparison between the generalized tanh–coth and the (<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>′/<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)-expansion methods for solving NPDEs and NODEs

In this paper, we find exact solutions of some nonlinear evolution equations by using generalized tanh–coth method. Three nonlinear models of physical significance, i.e. the Cahn–Hilliard equation, the Allen–Cahn equation and the steady-state equation with a cubic nonlinearity are considered and their exact solutions are obtained. From the general solutions, other well-known results are also derived. Also in this paper, we shall compare the generalized tanh–coth method and generalized (G ^′/G )-expansion method to solve partial differential equations (PDEs) and ordinary differential equations (ODEs). Abundant exact travelling wave solutions including solitons, kink, periodic and rational solutions have been found. These solutions might play important roles in engineering fields. The generalized tanh–coth method was used to construct periodic wave and solitary wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. This method is developed for searching exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations. It is shown that the generalized tanh–coth method, with the help of symbolic computation, provides a straightforward and powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear problems.     

A new auxiliary equation and exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear equations

A new auxiliary ordinary differential equation and its solutions are used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations in a unified way. The main idea of this method is to take full advantage of the auxiliary equation which has more new exact solutions. More new exact travelling wave solutions are obtained for the quadratic nonlinear Klein–Gordon equation, the combined KdV and mKdV equation, the sine-Gordon equation and the Whitham–Broer–Kaup equations.     

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.     

Traveling wave solutions for time-dependent coefficient nonlinear evolution equations

In this article, we establish exact solutions for variable-coefficient modified KdV equation, variable-coefficient KdV equation, and variable-coefficient diffusion–reaction equations. The modified sine-cosine method is used to construct exact periodic solutions. These solutions may be important for the explanation of some practical physical problems. The obtained results show that the modified sine-cosine method provides a powerful mathematical tool for solving nonlinear equations with variable coefficients.     

Exact travelling solutions for some nonlinear physical models by ( <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>′/ <Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)-expansion method

In this paper, we establish exact solutions for some special nonlinear partial differential equations. The (G′/G)-expansion method is used to construct travelling wave solutions of the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation, Dodd–Bullough–Mikhailov and Schrödinger–KdV equations, which appear in many fields such as, solid-state physics, nonlinear optics, fluid dynamics, fluid flow, quantum field theory, electromagnetic waves and so on. In this method we take the advantage of general solutions of second-order linear ordinary differential equation (LODE) to solve many nonlinear evolution equations effectively. The (G′/G)-expansion method is direct, concise and elementary and can be used with a wider applicability for handling many nonlinear wave equations.     

The extended auxiliary equation method for the KdV equation with variable coefficients

This paper applies an extended auxiliary equation method to obtain exact solutions of the KdV equation with variable coefficients. As a result, solitary wave solutions, trigonometric function solutions, rational function solutions, Jacobi elliptic doubly periodic wave solutions, and nonsymmetrical kink solution are obtained. It is shown that the extended auxiliary equation method, with the help of a computer symbolic computation system, is reliable and effective in finding exact solutions of variable coefficient nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.     

New Exact Solutions of （1 ＋ 1）-Dimensional Coupled Integrable Dispersionless System

This paper applies the exp-function method, which was originally proposed to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations, to the Riccati equation, and some exact solutions of this equation are obtained. Based on the Riccati equation and its exact solutions, we find new and more generalvariable separation solutions with two arbitrary functions of (1+1)-dimensional coupled integrable dispersionless system. As some special examples, some new solutions can degenerate into variable separation solutions reported in open literatures. By choosing suitably two independent variables p(x) and q(t) inour solutions, the annihilation phenomena of the flat-basin soliton, arch-basin soliton, and flat-top soliton are discussed.     

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.     

New doubly periodic and multiple soliton solutions of the generalized （3＋l）-dimensional KP equation with variable coefficients

A new generalized Jacobi elliptic function method is used to construct the exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) in a unified way. The main idea of this method is to take full advantage of the elliptic equation which has more new solutions. More new doubly periodic and multiple soliton solutions are obtained for the generalized (3+1)-dimensional Kronig－Penny (KP) equation with variable coefficients. This method can be applied to other equations with variable coefficients.     

The modified multiple (G ′ / G )-expansion method and its application to Sharma–Tasso–Olver equation

The modified multiple ( \(G^{\prime }/G\) )-expansion method is proposed in this paper to construct exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. The validity and advantage of the proposed method are illustrated by its application to the Sharma–Tasso–Olver equation. As a result, various exact solutions including hyperbolic functions, trigonometric functions and their mixture with parameters are obtained. When some parameters are taken as special values, the known double solitary-like wave solutions are derived from the double hyperbolic function solution. It is shown that the method introduced in this paper has general significance in searching for exact solutions to the nonlinear evolution equations.     

Exact solutions to the space–time fractional Schrödinger–Hirota equation and the space–time modified KDV–Zakharov–Kuznetsov equation

In this paper, the first integral method and the functional variable method are used to establish exact traveling wave solutions of the space–time fractional Schrödinger–Hirota equation and the space–time fractional modified KDV–Zakharov–Kuznetsov equation in the sense of conformable fractional derivative. The results obtained confirm that proposed methods are efficient techniques for analytic treatment of a wide variety of the space–time fractional partial differential equations.     

Multiple (<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>′/<Emphasis Type="Italic">G</Emphasis>)-expansion method and its applications to nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics

In this paper, an extended multiple (G′/G)-expansion method is proposed to seek exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. The validity and advantages of the proposed method is illustrated by its applications to the Sharma–Tasso–Olver equation, the sixth-order Ramani equation, the generalized shallow water wave equation, the Caudrey–Dodd–Gibbon–Sawada–Kotera equation, the sixth-order Boussinesq equation and the Hirota–Satsuma equations. As a result, various complexiton solutions consisting of hyperbolic functions, trigonometric functions, rational functions and their mixture with parameters are obtained. When some parameters are taken as special values, the known double solitary-like wave solutions are derived from the double hyperbolic function solution. In addition, this method can also be used to deal with some high-dimensional and variable coefficients’ nonlinear evolution equations.     

New Multiple Soliton-like Solutions to (3+1)-Dimensional Burgers Equation with Variable Coefficients

A new generalized tanh function method is used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations in a unified way. The main idea of this method is to take full advantage of the Riccati equation, which has more new solutions. More new multiple soliton-like solutions are obtained for the (3 1 )-dimensional Burgers equation with variable coefficients.     

New Multiple Soliton-like Solutions to （3＋1）-Dimensional Burgers Equation with Variable Coefficients

A new generalized tanh function method is used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations in a unified way. The main idea of this method is to take full advantage of the Riccati equation, which has more new solutions. More new multiple soliton-like solutions are obtained for the (3 1)-dimensional Burgers equation with variable coefficients.     

一类非线性演化方程的新多级准确解

在Lamé方程和新的Lamé函数的基础上，应用小扰动方法和Jacobi椭圆函数展开法求解一类非线性演化方程（如mKdV方程，非线性Klein-Gordon方程Ⅱ等），获得多种新的多级准确解 .这些多级准确解对应着不同形式的周期波解.这些解在极限条件下可以退化为多种形式的孤 立波解，如带状孤立子、钟形孤立子等. 关键词： Jacobi椭圆函数 Lam函数 多级准确解 非线性演化方程 扰动方法     

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     

Analytical studies on the Benney–Luke equation in mathematical physics

The enhanced (G′/G)-expansion method presents wide applicability to handling nonlinear wave equations. In this article, we find the new exact traveling wave solutions of the Benney–Luke equation by using the enhanced (G′/G)-expansion method. This method is a useful, reliable, and concise method to easily solve the nonlinear evaluation equations (NLEEs). The traveling wave solutions have expressed in term of the hyperbolic and trigonometric functions. We also have plotted the 2D and 3D graphics of some analytical solutions obtained in this paper.