A connection between the(G'/G)-expansion method and the truncated Painlevé expansion method and its application to the mKdV equation

Recently the （G′/G）-expansion method was proposed to find the traveling wave solutions of nonlinear evolution equations. This paper shows that the （G′/G）-expansion method is a special form of the truncated Painlev＇e expansion method by introducing an intermediate expansion method. Then the generalized （G′/G）-（G/G′） expansion method is naturally derived from the standpoint of the nonstandard truncated Painlev＇e expansion. The application of the generalized method to the mKdV equation shows that it extends the range of exact solutions obtained by using the （ G′/ G）-expansion method.

Calculation of Valence Subband Structures for Strained Quantum-Wells by Plane Wave Expansion Method Within 6×6 Luttinger-Kohn Model

The valence subband energies and wave functions of a tensile strained quantum well are calculated by the plane wave expansion method within the 6×6 Luttinger Kohn model.The effect of the number and period of plane waves used for expansion on the stability of energy eigenvalues is examined.For practical calculation,it should choose the period large sufficiently to ensure the envelope functions vanish at the boundary and the number of plane waves large enough to ensure the energy eigenvalues keep unchanged within a prescribed range.

Double Symplectic Eigenfunction Expansion Method of Free Vibration of Rectangular Thin Plates

The free vibration problem of rectangular thin plates is rewritten as a new upper triangular matrix differential system. For the associated operator matrix, we find that the two diagonal block operators are Hamiltonian. Moreover, the existence and completeness of normed symplectic orthogonal eigenfunction systems of these two block operators are demonstrated. Based on the completeness, the general solution of the free vibration of rectangular thin plates is given by double symplectie eigenfunction expansion method.

New Exact Solutions for Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky Equation Using an Extended Riccati Equation Rational Expansion Method

Taking the Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky system as a simple example, some familles of rational formal hyperbolic function solutions, rational formal triangular periodic solutions, and rational solutions are constructed by using the extended Riccati equation rational expansion method presented by us. The method can also be applied to solve more nonlinear partial differential equation or equations.

A new expansion method of first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with at most a sixth-degree nonlinear term and its application to mBBM model

Based on a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation with at most a sixth-degree nonlinear term which is extended from a type of elliptic equation, and by converting it into a new expansion form, this paper proposes a new algebraic method to construct exact solutions for nonlinear evolution equations. Being concise and straightforward, the method is applied to modified Benjamin-Bona-Mahony （mBBM） model, and some new exact solutions to the system are obtained. The algorithm is of important significance in exploring exact solutions for other nonlinear evolution equations.

Extended Riccati Equation Rational Expansion Method and Its Application to Nonlinear Stochastic Evolution Equations

In this work, by means of a new more general ansatz and the symbolic computation system Maple, we extend the Riccati equation rational expansion method [Chaos, Solitons ＆ Fractals 25 （2005） 1019] to uniformly construct a series of stochastic nontravelling wave solutions for nonlinear stochastic evolution equation. To illustrate the effectiveness of our method, we take the stochastic mKdV equation as an example, and successfully construct some new and more general solutions including a series of rational formal nontraveling wave and coefficient functions＇ soliton-like solution.s and trigonometric-like function solutions. The method can also be applied to solve other nonlinear stochastic evolution equation or equations.

A polynomial Expansion Method and New General Solitary Wave Solutions to KS Equation

Using a polynomial expansion method, the general exact solitary wave solution and singular one areconstructed for the non-linear KS equation. This approach is obviously applicable to a large variety of nonlinear evolution equation.

TAYLOR EXPANSION METHOD FOR NONLINEAR EVOLUTION EQUATIONS

A new numerical method of integrating the nonlinear evolution equations, namely the Taylor expansion method, was presented. The standard Galerkin method can be viewed as the 0_th order Taylor expansion method; while the nonlinear Galerkin method can be viewed as the 1_st order modified Taylor expansion method. Moreover, the existence of the numerical solution and its convergence rate were proven. Finally, a concrete example, namely, the two_dimensional Navier_Stokes equations with a non slip boundary condition,was provided. The result is that the higher order Taylor expansion method is of the higher convergence rate under some assumptions about the regularity of the solution.

Eigenfunction expansion method and its application to two-dimensional elasticity problems based on stress formulation

This paper proposes an eigenfunction expansion method to solve twodimensional （2D） elasticity problems based on stress formulation. By introducing appropriate state functions, the fundamental system of partial differential equations of the above 2D problems is rewritten as an upper triangular differential system. For the associated operator matrix, the existence and the completeness of two normed orthogonal eigenfunction systems in some space are obtained, which belong to the two block operators arising in the operator matrix. Moreover, the general solution to the above 2D problem is given by the eigenfunction expansion method.

A New Generalized Riccati Equation Rational Expansion Method to Generalized Burgers-Fisher Equation with Nonlinear Terms of Any Order

In this paper, based on a new more general ansitz, a new algebraic method, named generalized Riccati equation rational expansion method, is devised for constructing travelling wave solutions for nonlinear evolution equations with nonlinear terms of any order. Compared with most existing tanh methods for finding travelling wave solutions, the proposed method not only recovers the results by most known algebraic methods, but also provides new and more general solutions. We choose the generalized Burgers-Fisher equation with nonlinear terms of any order to illustrate our method. As a result, we obtain several new kinds of exact solutions for the equation. This approach can also be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations with nonlinear terms of any order.

Exact Traveling Wave Solutions for Generalized Camassa-Holm Equation by Polynomial Expansion Methods

We formulate efficient polynomial expansion methods and obtain the exact traveling wave solutions for the generalized Camassa-Holm Equation. By the methods, we obtain three types traveling wave solutions for the generalized Camassa-Holm Equation: hyperbolic function traveling wave solutions, trigonometric function traveling wave solutions, and rational function traveling wave solutions. At the same time, we have shown graphical behavior of the traveling wave solutions.

NEW TRUNCATED EXPANSION METHOD AND SOLITON-LIKE SOLUTION OF VARIABLE COEFFICIENT KdV-MKdV EQUATION WITH THREE ARBITRARY FUNCTIONS

The truncated expansion method for finding explicit and exact soliton-like solution of variable coefficient nonlinear evolution equation was described. The crucial idea of the method was first the assumption that coefficients of the truncated expansion formal solution are functions of time satisfying a set of algebraic equations, and then a set of ordinary different equations of undetermined functions that can be easily integrated were obtained. The simplicity and effectiveness of the method by application to a general variable coefficient KdV-MKdV equation with three arbitrary functions of time is illustrated.

Travelling Wave Solutions for Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky Equation Using an Extended sinh-Gordon Equation Expansion Method

The sinh-Gordon equation expansion method is further extended by generMizing the sinh-Gordon equation and constructing new ansatz solution of the considered equation. As its application, the （2＋1）-dimensional Konopelchenko-Dubrovsky equation is investigated and abundant exact travelling wave solutions are explicitly obtained including solitary wave solutions, trigonometric function solutions and Jacobi elliptic doubly periodic function solutions, some of which are new exact solutions that we have never seen before within our knowledge. The method can be applied to other nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics.

Application of Rational Expansion Method for Differential-Difference Equation

In this paper, we applied the rational formal expansion method to construct a series of sofiton-like and period-form solutions for nonlinear differential-difference equations. Compared with most existing methods, the proposed method not only recovers some known solutions, but also finds some new and more general solutions. The efficiency of the method can be demonstrated on Toda Lattice and Ablowitz-Ladik Lattice.

THE CONVERGENCE FOR NODAL EXPANSION METHOD

In this paper, we prove the convergence of the nodal expansion method, a new numerical method for partial differential equations and provide the error estimates of approximation solution.

Application of Fourier Series Expansion Method with PMLs to the Microcavities on Two-Dimensional Photonic Crystals

By using a Fourier series expansion method combined with Chew＇s perfectly matched layers （PMLs）, we analyze the frequency and quality factor of a micro-cavity on a two-dimensional photonic crystal is analyzed. Compared with the results by the method without PML and finite-difference time-domain （FDTD） based on supercell approximation, it can be shown that by the present method with PMLs, the resonant frequency and the quality factor values can be calculated satisfyingly and the characteristics of the micro-cavity can be obtained by changing the size and permittivity of the point defect in the micro-cavity.

Eigenfunction expansion method of upper triangular operator matrixand application to two-dimensional elasticity problems based onstress formulation

This paper studies the eigenfunction expansion method to solve the two dimensional （2D） elasticity problems based on the stress formulation. The fundamental system of partial differential equations of the 2D problems is rewritten as an upper tri angular differential system based on the known results, and then the associated upper triangular operator matrix matrix is obtained. By further research, the two simpler com plete orthogonal systems of eigenfunctions in some space are obtained, which belong to the two block operators arising in the operator matrix. Then, a more simple and conve nient general solution to the 2D problem is given by the eigenfunction expansion method. Furthermore, the boundary conditions for the 2D problem, which can be solved by this method, are indicated. Finally, the validity of the obtained results is verified by a specific example.

New Extended Jacobi Elliptic Function Rational Expansion Method and Its Application

In this paper, an extended Jacobi elliptic function rational expansion method is proposed for constructing new forms of exact Jacobi elliptic function solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations by means of making a more general transformation. For illustration, we apply the method to the （2＋1）-dimensional dispersive long wave equation and successfully obtain many new doubly periodic solutions, which degenerate as soliton solutions when the modulus m approximates 1. The method can also be applied to other nonlinear partial differential equations.

DEFECT AND IMPROVEMENT OF TWO-TIME EXPANSION METHOD IN NONLINEAR OSCILLATIONS

In this paper, the defect of the Two-Time Expansion method is indicated and an improvement of this method is suggested. Certain examples.in which the present method is used, are given. Moreover, the paper shows the equivalence of the improved Two-Time Expansion Method and the method of KBM(Kryloy-Bogoliuboy-Mitropolski).

Sensitivity Analysis of Electromagnetic Scattering from Dielectric Targets with Polynomial Chaos Expansion and Method of Moments

In this paper,an adaptive polynomial chaos expansion method(PCE)based on the method of moments(MoM)is proposed to construct surrogate models for electromagnetic scattering and further sensitivity analysis.The MoM is applied to accurately solve the electric field integral equation(EFIE)of electromagnetic scattering from homogeneous dielectric targets.Within the bistatic radar cross section(RCS)as the research object,the adaptive PCE algorithm is devoted to selecting the appropriate order to construct the multivariate surrogate model.The corresponding sensitivity results are given by the further derivative operation,which is compared with those of the finite difference method(FDM).Several examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm for sensitivity analysis of electromagnetic scattering from homogeneous dielectric targets.