A generalized sub-equations rational expansion method for nonlinear evolution equations

In this paper, based on symbolic computation and the idea of rational expansion method, a generalized sub-equations rational expansion method (GSRE) is devised to uniformly construct a series of exact complexiton solutions for nonlinear evolution equations. Compared with most existing tanh function methods and other sophisticated methods, the proposed method not only recover some known solutions, but also find some new and general solutions which include many new types of complexiton solutions: the combination of hyperbolic (and square form) function and elliptic function, trigonometric (and square form) function and elliptic function. The efficiency of the method can be demonstrated on (2 + 1)-dimensional Burgers equations.     

(2+1)维Burgers方程新的复合解

In this paper, a new generalized compound Riccati equations rational expansion method （GCRERE） is proposed. Compared with most existing rational expansion methods and other sophisticated methods, the proposed method is not only recover some known solutions, but also find some new and general complexiton solutions. Being concise and straightforward, it is applied to the （2＋1）-dimensional Burgers equation. As a result, eight families of new exact analytical solutions for this equation are found. The method can also be applied to other nonlinear partial differential equations.     

A new compound Riccati equations rational expansion method and its application to the (2 + 1)-dimensional asymmetric Nizhnik–Novikov–Vesselov system

In this paper, based on a new general ansätze and symbolic computation, a new compound Riccati equations rational expansion method is proposed. Being concise and straightforward, it is applied to the (2 + 1)-dimensional asymmetric Nizhnik–Novikov–Vesselov system. It is shown that more complexiton solutions can be found by this new method. The method can be applied to other nonlinear partial differential equations in mathematical physics.     

A series of complexiton soliton solutions for non-linear Hirota–Satsuma equations using the generalized multiple Riccati equations rational expansion method

In this article, the generalized multiple Riccati equations rational expansion method has been used to construct a series of complexiton soliton solutions for the non-linear Hirota–Satsuma equations. With the help of symbolic computation software as Maple or Mathematica, we obtain many new types of complexiton soliton solutions, i.e. various combination of trigonometric periodic function and hyperbolic function solutions, various combination of trigonometric periodic function and rational function solutions, and various combination of hyperbolic function and rational function solutions.     

A new Riccati equation rational expansion method and its application to (2 + 1)-dimensional Burgers equation

In this paper, we present a new Riccati equation rational expansion method to uniformly construct a series of exact solutions for nonlinear evolution equations. Compared with most existing tanh methods and other sophisticated methods, the proposed method not only recover some known solutions, but also find some new and general solutions. The solutions obtained in this paper include rational triangular periodic wave solutions, rational solitary wave solutions and rational wave solutions. The efficiency of the method can be demonstrated on (2 + 1)-dimensional Burgers equation.     

Darboux transformation and explicit solutions for two integrable equations

A new N-fold Darboux transformation for two integrable equations is constructed with the help of a gauge transformation for the spectral problem proposed by Qiao [Z.J. Qiao, Phys. Lett. A 192 (1994) 316-322]. By the Darboux transformation, explicit soliton and multi-soliton solutions for the two equations are obtained. In particular, soliton and complexiton solutions are shown through some figures.     

The extended Jacobi elliptic function method to solve a generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equations

In this paper, we extend the Jacobi elliptic function rational expansion method by using a new generalized ansätz. With the help of symbolic computation, we construct more new explicit exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs). We apply this method to a generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equations and gain more general solutions. The general solutions not only contain the solutions by the existing Jacobi elliptic function expansion methods but also contain many new solutions. When the modulus of the Jacobi elliptic functions m → 1 or 0, the corresponding solitary wave solutions and triangular functional (singly periodic) solutions are also obtained.     

A new rational auxiliary equation method and exact solutions of a generalized Zakharov system

A new rational auxiliary equation method for obtaining exact traveling wave solutions of constant coefficient nonlinear partial differential equations of evolution is proposed. Its effectiveness is evinced by obtaining exact solutions of a generalized Zakharov system, some of which are new. It is shown that the G^′/G and the generalized projective Ricatti expansion methods are special cases of the auxiliary equation method. Further, due the solutions obtained, four other new and practicable rational methods are deduced.     

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.     

Uniformly constructing a series of explicit exact solutions to nonlinear equations in mathematical physics

In this paper, we devise a new unified algebraic method to construct a series of explicit exact solutions for general nonlinear equations. Compared with most existing methods such as tanh method, Jacobi elliptic function method and homogeneous balance method, the proposed method not only gives new and more general solutions, but also provides a guideline to classify the various types of the solutions according to the values of some parameters. The solutions obtained in this paper include (a) polynomial solutions, (b) exponential solutions, (c) rational solutions, (d) triangular periodic wave solutions, (e) hyperbolic, and soliton solutions, (f) Jacobi, and Weierstrass doubly periodic wave solutions. The efficiency of the method can be demonstrated on a large variety of nonlinear equations such as those considered in this paper, combined KdV–MKdV, Camassa–Holm, Kaup–Kupershmidt, Jaulent–Miodek, (2+1)-dimensional dispersive long wave, new (2+1)-dimensional generalized Hirota, (2+1)-dimensional breaking soliton and double sine-Gordon equations. In addition, the links among our proposed method, the tanh method, the extended method and the Jacobi function expansion method are also clarified generally.     

Negaton, positon and complexiton solutions of the nonisospectral KdV equations with self-consistent sources

The negaton, positon, and complexiton solutions of the nonisospectral KdV equations with self-consistent sources (KdVESCSs) are obtained by the generalized binary Darboux transformation (GBDT) with N arbitrary t-functions. Taking the special initial seed solution for auxiliary linear problems, the negaton, positon, and complexiton solutions of the nonisospectral KdVESCSs are considered through the GBDT by selecting the negative, positive and complex spectral parameters. It is important to point out that these solutions of the nonisospectral KdVESCSs are analytical and singular. We also show differences between these solutions with singularities. Moreover, the detailed characteristics of these solutions with nonisospectral properties and sources effects are described through some figures.     

Application of rational expansion method for stochastic differential equations

By means of the Hermite transformation, a new general ansätz and the symbolic computation system Maple, we apply the Riccati equation rational expansion method [24] to uniformly construct a series of stochastic non-traveling wave solutions for stochastic differential equations. To illustrate the effectiveness of our method, we take the stochastic mKdV equation as an example, and successfully construct some new and more general solutions. The method can also be applied to solve other nonlinear stochastic differential equation or equations.     

Discrete exact solutions of modified Volterra and Volterra lattice equations via the new discrete sine-Gordon expansion algorithm

Recently, we have presented a sine-Gordon expansion method to construct new exact solutions of a wide of continuous nonlinear evolution equations. In this paper we further develop the method to be the discrete sine-Gordon expansion method in nonlinear differential-difference equations, in particular, discrete soliton equations. We choose the modified Volterra lattice and Volterra lattice equation to illustrate the new method such as many types of new exact solutions are obtained. Moreover some figures display the profiles of the obtained solutions. Our method can be also applied to other discrete soliton equations.     

A new sine-Gordon equation expansion algorithm to investigate some special nonlinear differential equations

A new transformation method is developed using the general sine-Gordon travelling wave reduction equation and a generalized transformation. With the aid of symbolic computation, this method can be used to seek more types of solutions of nonlinear differential equations, which include not only the known solutions derived by some known methods but new solutions. Here we choose the double sine-Gordon equation, the Magma equation and the generalized Pochhammer–Chree (PC) equation to illustrate the method. As a result, many types of new doubly periodic solutions are obtained. Moreover when using the method to these special nonlinear differential equations, some transformations are firstly needed. The method can be also extended to other nonlinear differential equations.     

A rational generalization of Fan’s method and its application to generalized shallow water wave equations

In this paper we employ a rational expansion to generalize Fan’s method for exact travelling wave solutions for nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs). To verify the reliability of the proposed method, the generalized shallow water wave (GSWW) equation has been investigated as an example. Kinds of new exact travelling wave solutions of a rational form have been obtained. This indicates that the proposed method provides a more general result for exact solution of nonlinear equations.     

A new Jacobi elliptic function rational expansion method and its application to (1 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation

With the aid of computerized symbolic computation, a new elliptic function rational expansion method is presented by means of a new general ansätz and is very powerful to uniformly construct more new exact doubly-periodic solutions in terms of rational formal Jacobi elliptic function of nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs). As an application of the method, we choose a (1 + 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation to illustrate the method. As a result, we can successfully obtain the solutions found by most existing Jacobi elliptic function methods and find other new and more general solutions at the same time. Of course, more shock wave solutions or solitary wave solutions can be gotten at their limit condition.     

Complexiton solutions to the Hirota‐Satsuma‐Ito equation

The Hirota bilinear method is a powerful tool for solving nonlinear evolution equations. Together with the linear superposition principle, it can be used to find a special class of explicit solutions that correspond to complex eigenvalues of associated characteristic problems. These solutions are known as complexiton solutions or simply complexitons. In this article, we study complexiton solutions of the the Hirota‐Satsuma‐Ito equation which is a (2 + 1)‐dimensional extension of the Hirota‐Satsuma shallow water wave equation known to describe propagation of unidirectional shallow water waves. We first construct hyperbolic function solutions and consequently derive the so‐called complexitons via the Hirota bilinear method and the linear superposition principle. In particular, we find nonsingular complexiton solutions to the Hirota‐Satsuma‐Ito equation. Finally, we give some illustrative examples and a few concluding remarks.     

The exponential function rational expansion method and exact solutions to nonlinear lattice equations system

We propose an exponential function rational expansion method for solving exact traveling wave solutions to nonlinear differential-difference equations system. By this method, we obtain some exact traveling wave solutions to the relativistic Toda lattice equations system and discuss the significance of these solutions. Finally, we give an open problem.     

A second Wronskian formulation of the Boussinesq equation

A Wronskian formulation leading to rational solutions is presented for the Boussinesq equation. It involves third-order linear partial differential equations, whose representative systems are systematically solved. The resulting solutions formulas provide a direct but powerful approach for constructing rational solutions, positon solutions and complexiton solutions to the Boussinesq equation. Various examples of exact solutions of those three kinds are computed. The newly presented Wronskian formulation is different from the one previously presented by Li et al., which does not yield rational solutions.     

A series of travelling wave solutions for two variant Boussinesq equations in shallow water waves

A new algebraic method is devised to uniformly construct a series of new travelling wave solutions for two variant Boussinesq equations. The solutions obtained in this paper include soliton solutions, rational solutions, triangular periodic solutions, Jacobi and Weierstrass doubly periodic wave solutions. Among them, the Jacobi elliptic periodic wave solutions exactly degenerate to the soliton solutions at a certain limit condition. Compared with most existing tanh methods, the proposed method gives new and more general solutions. More importantly, the method provides a guideline to classify the various types of the solution according to some parameters.