International Journal of
Physical Sciences

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. Phys. Sci.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1992-1950
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJPS
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2569

Full Length Research Paper

The modified alternative -expansion method for finding the exact solutions of nonlinear PDEs in mathematical physics

M. Ali Akbar1,2* and Norhashidah Hj. Mohd. Ali2
  1School of Mathematical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia. 2Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 23 November 2011
  •  Published: 23 December 2011

Abstract

 

In this article, we construct new exact traveling wave solutions of some nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics with the aid of the modified alternative –expansion method. The nonlinear equations under investigation include, the (1+1)-dimensional Drinfeld-Sokolov-Wilson (DSW) equation, the travelling regularised long wave (TRLW) equation, the Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon (CDG) equation and the (2+1)-dimensional Nizhnik-Novikov-Vesselov (NNV) equation. In the alternative –expansion method,  satisfies the Riccati equation  where  and  are arbitrary constants. The obtained solutions are expressed in terms of hyperbolic function, trigonometric function and rational functions.

 

Key words: The -expansion method, the Riccati equation, the traveling wave solutions, the Drinfeld-Sokolov-Wilson equation, the travelling regularised long wave equation, the Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon equation, the Nizhnik-Novikov-Vesselov equation.

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AMS Mathematics Subject Classification: 35K99, 35P05, 35P99.