New exact solutions for some nonlinear differential equations using symbolic computation

  • Yong Chen*
  • , Xuedong Zheng
  • , Biao Li
  • , Hongqing Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Based on computerized symbolic computation and a new general ansätze, a generalized tanh-function method for constructing multiple travelling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations (NEEs) is presented and implemented in a computer algebraic system. Applying the generalized method, with the aid of Maple, we consider some NEEs with physics interests. 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. More importantly, for some equations, we also obtain other new and more general solutions at same time. The results include kink-profile solitary-wave solutions, bell-profile solitary-wave solutions, periodic wave solutions, rational solutions, singular solutions and new formal solutions. The properties of the new soliton solutions for WBK equations are shown by some figures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)277-298
Number of pages22
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume149
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2004
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Exact solutions
  • Nonlinear evolution equations
  • Riccati equation
  • Symbolic computation

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