Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions

The symmetry group method is applied to a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and several classes of group invariant solutions for it are obtained by means of this technique. Polynomial, trigonometric, and elliptic function solutions can be calculated. It is shown that this generalized equation c...

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Main Author: Paul Bracken
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS.2005.2159
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description The symmetry group method is applied to a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and several classes of group invariant solutions for it are obtained by means of this technique. Polynomial, trigonometric, and elliptic function solutions can be calculated. It is shown that this generalized equation can be reduced to a first-order equation under a particular second-order differential constraint which resembles a Schrödinger equation. For a particular instance in which the constraint is satisfied, the generalized equation is reduced to a quadrature. A condition which ensures that the reciprocal of a solution is also a solution is given, and a first integral to this constraint is found.
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spelling doaj-art-b2d64bd884c64c73990708fd4937eb172025-02-03T06:08:34ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252005-01-012005132159217310.1155/IJMMS.2005.2159Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutionsPaul Bracken0Department of Mathematics, University of Texas-Pan American, Edinburg 78539-2999, TX, USAThe symmetry group method is applied to a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and several classes of group invariant solutions for it are obtained by means of this technique. Polynomial, trigonometric, and elliptic function solutions can be calculated. It is shown that this generalized equation can be reduced to a first-order equation under a particular second-order differential constraint which resembles a Schrödinger equation. For a particular instance in which the constraint is satisfied, the generalized equation is reduced to a quadrature. A condition which ensures that the reciprocal of a solution is also a solution is given, and a first integral to this constraint is found.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS.2005.2159
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Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
title Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions
title_full Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions
title_fullStr Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions
title_full_unstemmed Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions
title_short Symmetry properties of a generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation and some explicit solutions
title_sort symmetry properties of a generalized korteweg de vries equation and some explicit solutions
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/IJMMS.2005.2159
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