Prolongation structure of the variable coefficient KdV equation

  • Yun Qing Yang
  • , Yong Chen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The prolongation structure methodologies of Wahlquist-Estabrook [Wahlquist H D and Estabrook F B 1975 J. Math. Phys. 16 1] for nonlinear differential equations are applied to a variable-coefficient KdV equation. Based on the obtained prolongation structure, a Lie algebra with five parameters is constructed. Under certain conditions, a Lie algebra representation and three kinds of Lax pairs for the variable- coefficient KdV equation are derived.

Original languageEnglish
Article number010206
JournalChinese Physics B
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2011

Keywords

  • Lax pairs
  • Prolongation structure
  • variable-coefficient KdV equation

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