Periodic Wave Solutions for （2＋1）-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation and （3＋ 1）-Dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

For describing various complex nonlinear phenomena in the realistic world, the higher-dimensional nonlinear evolution equations appear more attractive in many fields of physical and engineering sciences. In this paper, by virtue of the Hirota bilinear method and Riemann theta functions, the periodic wave solutions for the （2＋1）-dimensional Boussinesq equation and （3＋1）-dimensional Kadomtsev Petviashvili （KP） equation are obtained. Furthermore, it is shown that the known soliton solutions for the two equations can be reduced from the periodic wave solutions.     

Rational and Periodic Wave Solutions of Two-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation

Two new exact, rational and periodic wave solutions are derived for the two-dimensional Boussinesq equation. For the first solution it is obtained by performing an appropriate limiting procedure on the soliton solutions obtained by Hirota bilinear method. The second one in terms of Riemann theta function is explicitly presented by virtue of Hirota bilinear method and its asymptotic property is also analyzed in detail. Moreover, it is of interest to note that classical soliton solutions can be reduced from the periodic wave solutions.     

Exact Periodic-Wave Solutions for (2+1)-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation and (3+1)-Dimensional KP Equation

The (2 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation and (3 1)-dimensional KP equation are studied by using the extended Jacobi elliptic-function method. The exact periodic-wave solutions for the two equations are obtained.     

Exact Periodic-Wave Solutions for （2＋1）-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation and（3＋1）-Dimensional KP Equation

The (2 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation and (3 1)-dimensional KP equation are studied by using the extended Jacobi elliptic-function method. The exact periodic-wave solutions for the two equations are obtained.     

Lump Solution of (2+1)-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation

A class of lump solutions of(2+1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation are obtained with the help of Maple by using Hirota bilinear method.Some contour plots with different determinant values are sequentially made to show that the corresponding lump solution tends to zero when the determinant approaches zero.The particular lump solutions with specific values of the involved parameters are plotted,as illustrative examples.     

New Exact Travelling Wave Solutions to Hirota Equation and (1+1)-Dimensional Dispersive Long Wave Equation

Based on the computerized symbolic Maple, we study two important nonlinear evolution equations, i.e.,the Hirota equation and the (1+1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation by use of a direct and unified algebraic method named the general projective Riccati equation method to find more exact solutions to nonlinear differential equations. The method is more powerful than most of the existing tanh method. New and more general form solutions are obtained. The properties of the new formal solitary wave solutions are shown by some figures.     

New Types of Travelling Wave Solutions From (2+1)-Dimensional Davey-Stewartson Equation

In this paper, based on new auxiliary nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a sixth-degree nonlinear term, we study the (2 1)-dimensional Davey-Stewartson equation and new types of travelling wave solutions are obtained, which include new bell and kink profile solitary wave solutions, triangular periodic wave solutions, and singular solutions. The method used here can be also extended to many other nonlinear partial differential equations.     

A New Integrable (2+1)-Dimensional Generalized Breaking Soliton Equation: N-Soliton Solutions and Traveling Wave Solutions

In this work, we study a new (2+1)-dimensional generalized breaking soliton equation which admits the Painleve property for one special set of parameters. We derive multiple soliton solutions, traveling wave solutions, and periodic solutions as well. We use the simplified Hirotas method and a variety of ansatze to achieve our goal.     

Rational Form Solitary Wave Solutions and Doubly Periodic Wave Solutions to(1+1)-Dimensional Dispersive Long Wave Equation

In this work we devise an algebraic method to uniformly construct rational form solitary wave solutions and Jacobi and Weierstrass doubly periodic wave solutions of physical interest for nonlinear evolution equations. With the aid of symbolic computation, we apply the proposed method to solving the (1+1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation and explicitly construct a series of exact solutions which include the rational form solitary wave solutions and elliptic doubly periodic wave solutions as special cases.     

New Types of Travelling Wave Solutions From （2＋l）-Dimensional Davey-Stewartson Equation

In this paper, based on new auxiliary nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a sixtb-aegree nonnneal term, we study the （2＋l ）-dimensional Davey-Stewartson equation and new types of travelling wave solutions are obtained, which include new bell and kink profile solitary wave solutions, triangular periodic wave solutions, and singular solutions. The method used here can be also extended to many other nonlinear partial differential equations.     

Periodic Wave Solutions to Dispersive Long-Wave Equations in （2＋1）-Dimensional Space

Periodic wave solutions to the dispersive long-wave equations are obtained by using the F-expansion method, which can be thought of as a generalization of the Jacobi elliptic function method. In the limit case, solitary wave solutions are obtained as well.     

Bifurcations of Exact Traveling Wave Solutions for(2+1)-Dimensional HNLS Equation

For the (2+1)-Dimensional HNLS equation, what are the dynamical behavior of its traveling wave solutions and how do they depend on the parameters of the systems? This paper will answer these questions by using the methods of dynamical systems. Ten exact explicit parametric representations of the traveling wave solutions are given.     

New Exact Periodic Solitary-Wave Solutions for New (2+1)-Dimensional KdV Equation

The extended homoclinic test function method is a kind of classic, efficient and well-developed method to solve nonlinear evolution equations. In this paper, with the help of this approach, we obtain new exact solutions (including kinky periodic solitary-wave solutions, periodic soliton solutions, and crosskink-wave solutions) for the new (2+1)-dimensional KdV equation. These results enrich the variety of the dynamics of higher-dimensional nonlinear wave field.     

Multiple Periodic-Soliton Solutions for (3+1)-Dimensional Jimbo-Miwa Equation

2N line-soliton solutions of the (3+1)-dimensional Jimbo-Miwa equation can be presented by resorting to the Hirota bilinear method. In this paper, N periodic-soliton solutions of the (3+1)-dimensional Jimbo-Miwa equation are obtained from the 2N line-soliton solutions by selecting the parameters into conjugated complex parameters in pairs.     

Explicit Solutions and Bifurcations for a Class of Generalized Boussinesq Wave Equation

In this paper,the generalized Boussinesq wave equation u tt-uxx+a(um) xx+buxxxx=0 is investigated by using the bifurcation theory and the method of phase portraits analysis.Under the different parameter conditions,the exact explicit parametric representations for solitary wave solutions and periodic wave solutions are obtained.     

Applications of F-expansion to Periodic Wave Solutions for Variant Boussinesq Equations

We present an F-expansion method for finding periodic wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics, which can be thought of as a concentration of extended Jacobi elliptic function expansion method proposed recently. By using the F-expansion, without calculating Jacobi elliptic functions, we obtain simultaneously many periodic wave solutions expressed by various Jacobi elliptic functions for the variant Boussinesq equations. When the modulus m approaches 1 and 0, the hyperbolic function solutions (including the solitary wave solutions) and trigonometric solutions are also given respectively.     

Periodic Folded Wave Patterns for (2+1)-Dimensional Higher-Order Broer-Kaup Equation

A general solution including three arbitrary functions is obtained for the (2+1)-dimensional higher-order Broer-Kaup equation by means of WTC truncation method. Introducing proper multiple valued functions and Jacobi elliptic functions in the seed solution, special types of periodic folded waves are derived. In long wave limit these periodic folded wave patterns may degenerate into single localized folded solitary wave excitations. The interactions of the periodic folded waves and their degenerated single folded solitary waves are investigated graphically and are found to be completely elastic.     

Applications of F-expansion to Periodic Wave Solutions for Variant Boussinesq Equations

We present an F-expansion method for finding periodic wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics, which can be thought of as a concentration of extended Jacobi elliptic function expansion method proposed recently. By using the F-expansion, without calculating Jacobi elliptic functions, we obtain simultaneously many periodic wave solutions expressed by various Jacobi elliptic functions for the variant Boussinesq equations. When the modulus m approaches 1 and O, the hyperbolic function solutions （including the solitary wave solutions） and trigonometric solutions are also given respectively.     

A General Mapping Approach and New Travelling Wave Solutions to (2+1)-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation

A general mapping deformation method is presented and applied to a (2+1)-dimensional Boussinesq system. Many new types of explicit and exact travelling wave solutions, which contain solitary wave solutions, periodic wave solutions, Jacobian and Weierstrass doubly periodic wave solutions, and other exact excitations like polynomial solutions, exponential solutions, and rational solutions, etc., are obtained by a simple algebraic transformation relation between the (2+1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation and a generalized cubic nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation.     

A Generalized Hirota Ansatz to Obtain Soliton-Like Solutions for a (3+1)-Dimensional Nonlinear Evolution Equation

Instead of the usual Hirota ansatz, i.e., the functions in bilinear equations being chosen as exponential types, a generalized Hirota ansatz is proposed for a (3+1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation. Based on the resulting generalized Hirota ansatz, a family of new explicit solutions for the equation are derived.