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Functional separation of variables in nonlinear PDEs: General approach, new solutions of diffusion-type equations (2001.01645v1)

Published 6 Jan 2020 in math-ph, math.AP, math.MP, and nlin.SI

Abstract: The study gives a brief overview of existing modifications of the method of functional separation of variables for nonlinear PDEs. It proposes a more general approach to the construction of exact solutions to nonlinear equations of applied mathematics and mathematical physics, based on a special transformation with an integral term and the generalized splitting principle. The effectiveness of this approach is illustrated by nonlinear diffusion-type equations that contain reaction and convective terms with variable coefficients. The focus is on equations of a fairly general form that depend on one, two or three arbitrary functions (such nonlinear PDEs are most difficult to analyze and find exact solutions). A number of new functional separable solutions and generalized traveling wave solutions are described (more than 30 exact solutions have been presented in total). It is shown that the method of functional separation of variables can, in certain cases, be more effective than (i) the nonclassical method of symmetry reductions based on an invariant surface condition, and (ii) the method of differential constraints based on a single differential constraint. The exact solutions obtained can be used to test various numerical and approximate analytical methods of mathematical physics and mechanics.

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