Complexiton Solutions of a Special Coupled mKdV System

For a special coupled mKdV system, which can be derived from a two-layer fluid model, Hirota＇s bilinear direct method is used to construct and yield the complexiton solutions. The detailed physical properties of complexitons are filrther illustrated graphically.     

N-Soliton Solution in Wronskian Form for a Generalized Variable-Coefficient Korteweg--de Vries Equation

We concentrate on finding exact solutions for a generalized variable-coefficient Korteweg-de Vries equation of physically significance. The analytic N-soliton solution in Wronskian form for such a model is postulated and verified by direct substituting the solution into the bilinear form by virtue of the Wronskian technique. Additionally, the bilinear auto-Backlund transformation between the （ N - 1）- and N-soliton solutions is verified.     

Grammian Solutions to a Variable-Coefficient KP Equation

Solutions in the Grammian form for a variable-coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili （KP） equation which has the Wronskian solutions are derived by means of Pfaffian derivative formulae.     

A Darboux Transformation for the Coupled Kadomtsev--Petviashvili Equation

The coupled Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation is considered. It is shown that a Darboux transformation can be constructed by means of an elementary approach.     

N-Soliton Solutions of Non-Isospectral Derivative Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation

Bilinear forms of the non-isospectral derivative nonlinear Schrǒdinger equation are derived. The N-soliton solutions of this equation are obtained by Hirota＇s method.     

Travelling Wave Solutions of Triple Sine-Gordon Equation

Using a complete discrimination system for polynomials and elementary integral method, we obtain the travelling solutions for triple sine-Gordon equation. This method can be applied to similar problems and has general meaning.     

Binary Darboux Transformation for the Modified Kadomtsev--Petviashvili Equation

Via the elementary Darboux transformation (DT) of the modified Kadomtsev--Petviashvili (mKP) equation, a binary Darboux transformation (BDT) of the mKP equation is constructed.     

Multi-Soliton Solutions of the Levi Equations

The multisoliton solutions of the Levi equations are derived with the Hirota method and Wronskian technique respectively.     

Existence of Formal Conservation Laws of a Variable-Coefficient Korteweg--de Vries Equation from Fluid Dynamics and Plasma Physics via Symbolic Computation

Employing the method which can be used to demonstrate the infinite conservation laws for the standard Kortewegde Vries （KdV） equation, we prove that the variable-coeFficient KdV equation under the Painlevé test condition also possesses the formal conservation laws.     

Noncontinuous Solitary Wave Solutions for Double sine-Gordon Equation

Using the tanh method and a variable separated ordinary difference equation method to solve the double sineGordon equation, we derive some new exact travelling wave solutions, especially a new type of noncontinuous solitary wave solutions. These noncontinuous solitary wave solutions are verified by using the conservation law theory.     

Exact Analytic N-Soliton-Like Solution in Wronskian Form for a Generalized Variable-Coefficient Korteweg-de Vries Model from Plasmas and Fluid Dynamics

Applicable in fluid dynamics and plasmas, a generalized variable-coefficient Korteweg-de Vries （vcKdV） model is investigated. The bilinear form and analytic N-soliton-like solution for such a model are derived by the Hirota method and Wronskian technique. Additionally, the bilinear auto-Bǎcklund transformation between （N-1）- soliton-like and N-soliton-like solutions is verified.     

Integrability of a general Gross-Pitaevskii equation and exact solitonic solutions of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a periodic potential

We consider a general form of the Gross-Pitaevskii equation with time- and space-dependent effective mass, external potential and strength of interatomic interaction. Using the inverse-scattering method, we derive the integrability condition of this equation within a general scheme that can be used to find exact solutions of a wide range of linear and nonlinear partial differential equations. We use this condition to derive exact solitonic solutions of the one-dimensional time-dependent Gross-Pitaevskii equation corresponding to a Bose-Einstein condensate trapped by a periodic potential. Both attractive and repulsive interatomic interactions are considered. The values of the parameters of the potential can be chosen such that the periodic potential becomes almost identical to that of an optical lattice.     

A Bilinear Backlund Transformation and Explicit Solutions for a （3＋1）-Dimensional Soliton Equation

Considering the bilinear form of a （3＋1）-dimensional soliton equation, we obtain a bilinear Backlund transformation for the equation. As an application, soliton solution and stationary rational solution for the （3＋1）- dimensional soliton equation are presented.     

New interaction solutions to the KdV equation

In this Letter, a few new types of interaction solutions to the KdV equation are obtained through a constructed Wronskian form expansion method. The method takes advantage of the forms and structures of Wronskian solutions to the KdV equation, and the functions used in the Wronskian determinants don't satisfy the systems of linear partial differential equations.     

Similarity Reductions and Similarity Solutions of the （3＋1）-Dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

Employing the compatibility method, we obtain the symmetries of the （3＋1）-dimensional Kadomtsev Petviashvili （KP） equation. Four types of similarity reductions of the KP equation are obtained by solving the corresponding characteristic equations associated with symmetry equations. In addition, a lot of similarity solutions to the KP equation are obtadned.     

Application of an extended homogeneous balance method to new exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations

The multiple soliton solutions of the approximate equations for long water waves and soliton-like solutions for the dispersive long-wave equations in 2+1 dimensions are constructed by using an extended homogeneous balance method. Solitary wave solutions are shown to be a special case of the present results. This method is simple and has a wide-ranging practicability, and can solve a lot of nonlinear partial differential equations.     

New positon, negaton and complexiton solutions for the Bogoyavlensky-Konoplechenko equation

New positon, negaton and complexiton solutions for the Bogoyavlensky-Konoplechenko equation are constructed by means of the Darboux transformation with constant seed solution. The new positon, negaton and complexiton solutions are analytical or singular and given out both analytically and graphically.     

Soliton-like solutions of certain types of nonlinear diffusion-reaction equations with variable coefficient

With a view to exploring new soliton-like solutions of certain types of nonlinear diffusion-reaction (DR) equations with a variable coefficient, we demonstrate the viability of a method which is the combination of both the symbolic computation technique of Gao and Tian [Y.T. Gao, B. Tian, Comput. Phys. Commun. 133 (2001) 158] and auxiliary equation method of Sirendaoreji [Sirendaoreji, Phys. Lett. A 356 (2006) 124] and used recently for the KdV equation. In particular, the DR equations with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities with a time-dependent velocity in the convective flux term are studied and the existence of soliton-like solutions is shown.