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Painlevé analysis and new analytic solutions for variable-coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation with symbolic computation

  • Xiao Nan Li
  • , Guang Mei Wei*
  • , Yue Qian Liang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beihang University

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Abstract

The variable-coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation is hereby under investigation. Painlevé analysis is given out, and an auto-Bäcklund transformation is presented via the truncated Painlevé expansion. Based on the auto-Bäcklund transformation, new analytic solutions are given, including the soliton-like and periodic solutions. It is also reduced to a (1+1)-dimensional partial differential equation via classical Lie group method and the Painlevé I equation by CK direct method.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3568-3577
Number of pages10
JournalApplied Mathematics and Computation
Volume216
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 2010

Keywords

  • Analytic solution
  • Auto-Bäcklund transformation
  • Painlevé analysis
  • Similarity reduction
  • Variable-coefficient Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation

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