The Functional Expansion Approach for Solving NPDEs as a Generalization of the Kudryashov and <i>G</i>^′/<i>G</i> Methods

Abstract

This paper presents the functional expansion approach as a generalized method for finding traveling wave solutions of various nonlinear partial differential equations. The approach can be seen as a combination of the Kudryashov and G′/G solving methods. It allowed the extension of the first method to the use of second order auxiliary equations, and, at the same time, it allowed non-standard G′/G-solutions to be generated. The functional expansion is illustrated here on the Dodd–Bullough–Mikhailov model, using a linear second order ordinary differential equation as an auxiliary equation.

Keywords

• functional expansion
• DBM equation
• traveling waves
• Kudryashov method
• <i>G</i>′/<i>G</i>-approach