New Similarity Reductions and Compacton Solutions forBoussinesq-Like Equations with Fully Nonlinear Dispersion

In this paper, similarity reductions of Boussinesq-like equations with nonlinear dispersion (simply called B(m,n) equations)u_tt=(uⁿ)_xx+(u^m)_xxxx, which is a generalized model of Boussinesq equation u_tt=(u²)_xx+u_xxxx and modified Bousinesq equation u_tt=(u³)_xx+u_xxxx, are considered by using the direct reduction method. As a result, several new types of similarity reductions are found. Based on the reduction equations and some simple transformations, we obtain the solitary wave solutions and compacton solutions (which are solitary waves with the property that after colliding with other compacton solutions, they re-emerge with the same coherent shape) of B(1,n) equations and B(m,m) equations, respectively.