Optimal System and Group Invariant Solutions of the Whitham-Broer-Kaup System

Abstract

From the nonlocal symmetries of the Whitham-Broer-Kaup system, an eight-dimensional Lie algebra is found and the corresponding one-dimensional optimal system is constructed to provide an inequivalent classification. Six types of inequivalent group invariant solutions are demonstrated, some of which reflect the interactions between soliton and other nonlinear waves.