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 language | English |
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| Article number | 010206 |
| Journal | Chinese Physics B |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Jan 2011 |
Keywords
- Lax pairs
- Prolongation structure
- variable-coefficient KdV equation