Modified extended tanh-function method for solving nonlinear partial differential equations

Based on computerized symbolic computation, modified extended tanh-method for constructing multiple travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations is presented and implemented in a computer algebraic system. Applying this method, with the aid of Maple, we consider some nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics such as the nonlinear partial differential equation, nonlinear Fisher-type equation, ZK-BBM equation, generalized Burgers–Fisher equation and Drinfeld–Sokolov system. As a result, we can successfully recover the previously known solitary wave solutions that had been found by the extended tanh-function method and other more sophisticated methods.