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.     

A discrete generalization of the extended simplest equation method

We modified the so-called extended simplest equation method to obtain discrete traveling wave solutions for nonlinear differential-difference equations. The Wadati lattice equation is chosen to illustrate the method in detail. Further discrete soliton/periodic solutions with more arbitrary parameters, as well as discrete rational solutions, are revealed. We note that using our approach one can also find in principal highly accurate exact discrete solutions for other lattice equations arising in the applied sciences.     

The simplest equation method to study perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger’s equation with Kerr law nonlinearity

The simplest equation method is a powerful solution method for obtaining exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations.In this paper, the simplest equation method is used to construct exact solutions of nonlinear Schrödinger’s equation and perturbed nonlinear Schrödinger’s equation with Kerr law nonlinearity. It is shown that the proposed method is effective and general.     

On the class of nonlinear PDEs that can be treated by the modified method of simplest equation. Application to generalized Degasperis–Processi equation and b-equation

The method of simplest equation is powerful tool for obtaining exact and approximate solutions of nonlinear PDEs. Here we extend the class of equations which can be treated by the method in such a way that the classes of equations considered in our previous work are particular cases of the extended class of equations. As examples for application of the methodology we obtain exact traveling-wave solutions of the generalized Degasperis–Processi equation and of the b-equation. As simplest equations we use the equations of Bernoulli and Riccati. We investigate the possibility for obtaining these solutions also by means of the exp-function method. This lead us to propose a generalized version of the exp-function method in Section 5.     

A note on the elliptic equation method

The elliptic equation method is improved for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). The rational forms of Jacobi elliptic functions are presented. By using new Jacobi elliptic function solutions of the elliptic equation, new doubly periodic solutions are obtained for some important PDEs. This method can be applied to many other nonlinear PDEs.     

Symmetry groups and similarity solutions for the system of equations for a viscous compressible fluid

Here, using Lie group transformations, we consider the problem of finding similarity solutions to the system of partial differential equations (PDEs) governing one-dimensional unsteady motion of a compressible fluid in the presence of viscosity and thermal conduction, using the general form of the equation of state. The symmetry groups admitted by the governing system of PDEs are obtained, and the complete Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries is established. Indeed, with the use of the entailed similarity solution the problem is transformed to a system of ordinary differential equations(ODEs), which in general is nonlinear; in some cases, it is possible to solve these ODEs to determine some special exact solutions.     

An extended simplest equation method and its application to several forms of the fifth-order KdV equation

In this paper, an extended simplest equation method is proposed to seek exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. As applications, many new exact travelling wave solutions for several forms of the fifth-order KdV equation are obtained by using our method. The forms include the Lax, Sawada-Kotera, Sawada-Kotera-Parker-Dye, Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon, Kaup-Kupershmidt, Kaup-Kupershmidt-Parker-Dye, and the Ito forms.     

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.     

Investigation of new solutions for an extended (2+ 1)-dimensional Calogero-Bogoyavlenskii-Schif equation

We investigate and concentrate on new infinitesimal generators of Lie symmetries for an extended (2+ 1)-dimensional Calogero-Bogoyavlenskii-Schif (eCBS) equation using the commutator table which results in a system of nonlinear ordinary differential equations (ODEs) which can be manually solved. Through two stages of Lie symmetry reductions, the eCBS equation is reduced to non-solvable nonlinear ODEs using different combinations of optimal Lie vectors. Using the integration method and the Riccati and Bernoulli equation methods, we investigate new analytical solutions to those ODEs. Back substituting to the original variables generates new solutions to the eCBS equation. These results are simulated through three- and two-dimensional plots.     

Backward error analysis for multi-symplectic integration methods

Summary. A useful method for understanding discretization error in the numerical solution of ODEs is to compare the system of ODEs with the modified equations obtained through backward error analysis, and using symplectic integration for Hamiltonian ODEs provides more incite into the modified equations. In this paper, the ideas of symplectic integration are extended to Hamiltonian PDEs, and this paves the way for the development of a local modified equation analysis solely as a useful diagnostic tool for the study of these types of discretizations. In particular, local conservation laws of energy and momentum are not preserved exactly when symplectic integrators are used to discretize, but the modified equations are used to derive modified conservation laws that are preserved to higher order along the numerical solution. These results are also applied to the nonlinear wave equation. Mathematics Subject Classification (1991):65M06, 65P10, 37K05     

Exact and traveling-wave solutions for convection-diffusion-reaction equation with power-law nonlinearity

Based on the simplest equation method, we propose exact and traveling-wave solutions for a nonlinear convection-diffusion-reaction equation with power law nonlinearity. Such equation can be considered as a generalization of the Fisher equation and other well-known convection-diffusion-reaction equations. Two important cases are considered. The case of density-independent diffusion and the case of density-dependent diffusion. When the parameters of the equation are constant, the Bernoulli equation is used as the simplest equation. This leads to new traveling-wave solutions. Moreover, some wavefront solutions can be derived from the traveling-wave ones. The case of time-dependent velocity in the convection term is studied also. We derive exact solutions of the equations by using the Riccati equation as simplest equation. The exact and traveling-wave solutions presented in this paper can be used to explain many biological and physical phenomena.     

Numerical solution of nonlinear Jaulent–Miodek and Whitham–Broer–Kaup equations

In this work we investigate the numerical solution of Jaulent–Miodek (JM) and Whitham–Broer–Kaup (WBK) equations. The proposed numerical schemes are based on the fourth-order time-stepping schemes in combination with discrete Fourier transform. We discretize the original partial differential equations (PDEs) with discrete Fourier transform in space and obtain a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in Fourier space which will be solved with fourth order time-stepping methods. After transforming the equations to a system of ODEs, the linear operator in JM equation is diagonal but in WBK equation is not diagonal. However for WBK equation we can also implement the methods such as diagonal case which reduces the CPU time. Comparing numerical solutions with analytical solutions demonstrates that those methods are accurate and readily implemented.     

Similarity analysis of modified shallow water equations and evolution of weak waves

In this paper, we obtain exact solutions to the nonlinear system of partial differential equations (PDEs), describing the one dimensional modified shallow water equations, using invariance group properties of the governing system. Lie group of point symmetries with commuting infinitesimal operators, are presented. The symmetry generators are used for constructing similarity variables which lead the governing system of PDEs to system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs); in some cases, it is possible to solve these equations exactly. A particular solution to the governing system, which exhibits space-time dependence, is used to study the evolutionary behavior of weak discontinuities.     

A parareal approach of semi‐linear parabolic equations based on general waveform relaxation

We present a parareal approach of semi‐linear parabolic equations based on general waveform relaxation (WR) at the partial differential equation (PDE) level. An algorithm for initial‐boundary value problem and two algorithms for time‐periodic boundary value problem are constructed. The convergence analysis of three algorithms are provided. The results show that the algorithm for initial‐boundary value problem is superlinearly convergent while both algorithms for the time‐periodic boundary value problem linearly converge to the exact solutions at most. Numerical experiments show that the parareal algorithms based on general WR at the PDE level, compared with the parareal algorithm based on the classical WR at the ordinary differential equations (ODEs) level (the PDEs is discretized into ODEs), require much fewer number of iterations to converge.     

Symbolic computation of exact solutions expressible in rational formal hyperbolic and elliptic functions for nonlinear partial differential equations

With the aid of symbolic computation, some algorithms are presented for the rational expansion methods, which lead to closed-form solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). The new algorithms are given to find exact rational formal polynomial solutions of PDEs in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions, solutions of the Riccati equation and solutions of the generalized Riccati equation. They can be implemented in symbolic computation system Maple. As applications of the methods, we choose some nonlinear PDEs to illustrate the methods. As a result, we not only can successfully obtain the solutions found by most existing Jacobi elliptic function methods and Tanh-methods, but also find other new and more general solutions at the same time.     

A new mathematical construction of the general nonlinear ODEs of motion in rigid body dynamics (Euler’s equations)

It is shown that the three nonlinear dynamic Euler ordinary differential equations (ODEs), concerning the motion of a rigid body free to rotate about a fixed point, are reduced, by means of a subsidiary function which is to be determined, to three Abel equations of the second kind of the normal form. Based on a recently developed mathematical construction concerning exact analytic solutions of the Abel nonlinear ODEs of the second kind, we perform a new mathematical solution for the classical dynamic Euler nonlinear ODEs.     

Numerical solution to the deflection of thin plates using the two-dimensional Berger equation with a meshless method based on multiple-scale Pascal polynomials

In this study, we employ Pascal polynomial basis in the two-dimensional Berger equation, which is a fourth order partial differential equation with applications to thin elastic plates. The polynomial approximation method based on Pascal polynomial basis can be readily adapted to obtain the numerical solutions of partial differential equations. However, a drawback with the polynomial basis is that the resulting coefficient matrix for the problem considered may be ill-conditioned. Due to this ill-conditioned behavior, we use a multiple-scale Pascal polynomial method for the Berger equation. The ill-conditioned numbers can be mitigated using this approach. Multiple scales are established automatically by selecting the collocation points in the multiple-scale Pascal polynomial method. This method is also a meshless method because there is no requirement to establish complex grids or for numerical integration. We present the solutions of six linear and nonlinear benchmark problems obtained with the proposed method on complexly shaped domains. The results obtained demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed method, as well showing its stability against large noise effects.     

Nonclassical symmetry of nonlinear diffusion equation and factorization method

We present the nonclassical symmetry of a nonlinear diffusion equation whose a nonlinear term is an arbitrary function. Generally, there is no guarantee that we can always determine the nonclassical symmetries admitted by the given equation because of the nonlinearity included in the determining equations. Accordingly, constructing invariant solutions is also generally difficult. In this paper, we apply the factorization method to nonclassical symmetry analysis for the nonlinear diffusion equation. Applying this method simplifies the determining equations and leads to their invariant solution automatically.     

On the evolution equation for magnetic geodesics

Orbits of charged particles under the effect of a magnetic field are mathematically described by magnetic geodesics. They appear as solutions to a system of (nonlinear) ordinary differential equations of second order. But we are only interested in periodic solutions. To this end, we study the corresponding system of (nonlinear) parabolic equations for closed magnetic geodesics and, as a main result, eventually prove the existence of long time solutions. As generalization one can consider a system of elliptic nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) whose solutions describe the orbits of closed p-branes under the effect of a “generalized physical force”. For the corresponding evolution equation, which is a system of parabolic nonlinear PDEs associated to the elliptic PDE, we can establish existence of short time solutions.     

Discrete Jacobi sub‐equation method for nonlinear differential–difference equations

We will propose a unified algebraic method to construct Jacobi elliptic function solutions to differential–difference equations (DDEs). The solutions to DDEs in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions sn, cn and dn have a unified form and can be presented through solving the associated algebraic equations. To illustrate the effectiveness of this method, we apply the algorithm to some physically significant DDEs, including the discrete hybrid equation, semi‐discrete coupled modified Korteweg–de Vries and the discrete Klein–Gordon equation, thereby generating some new exact travelling periodic solutions to the discrete Klein–Gordon equation. A procedure is also given to determine the polynomial expansion order of Jacobi elliptic function solutions to DDEs. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.