Variable Separation and Derivative-Dependent Functional Separable Solutions to Generalized Nonlinear Wave Equations

Using the generalized conditional symmetry approach, we obtain a number of new generalized (1+1)-dimensional nonlinear wave equations that admit derivative-dependent functional separable solutions.

Classification and Functional Separable Solutions to Extended Nonlinear Wave Equations

The generalized conditional symmetry approach is applied to study the variable separation of the extended wave equations. Complete classification of those equations admitting functional separable solutions is obtained and exact separable solutions to some of the resulting equations are constructed.

INVARIANT SUBSPACES AND GENERALIZED FUNCTIONAL SEPARABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE TWO-COMPONENT b-FAMILY SYSTEM

Invariant subspace method is exploited to obtain exact solutions of the two- component b-family system. It is shown that the two-component b-family system admits the generalized functional separable solutions. Furthermore, blow up and behavior of those exact solutions are also investigated.

New variable separation solutions for the generalized nonlinear diffusion equations

The functionally generalized variable separation of the generalized nonlinear diffusion equations ut = A（u, Ux）Uxx ＋ B（u, ux） is studied by using the conditional Lie-Blicklund symmetry method. The variant forms of the considered equations, which admit the corresponding conditional Lie--Biicklund symmetries, are characterized. To construct functionally gener- alized separable solutions, several concrete examples defined on the exponential and trigonometric invariant subspaces are provided.

Variable Separation for(1+1)-Dimensional Nonlinear Evolution Equations with Mixed Partial Derivatives

We present basic theory of variable separation for (1 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equations withmixed partial derivatives.As an application,we classify equations u_(xt)=A(u,u_x)u_(xxx)+B(u,u_x) that admits derivative-dependent functional separable solutions (DDFSSs) and illustrate how to construct those DDFSSs with some examples.

Approximate derivative-dependent functional variable separation for quasi-linear diffusion equations with a weak source

By using the approximate derivative-dependent functional variable separation approach, we study the quasi-linear diffusion equations with a weak source ut = （A（u）Ux）x ＋ eB（u, Ux）. A complete classification of these perturbed equations which admit approximate derivative-dependent functional separable solutions is listed. As a consequence, some approxi- mate solutions to the resulting perturbed equations are constructed via examples.

Conditional Lie-Bcklund Symmetry and New Variable Separation Solutions of the Third Order KdV-Type Equations

The functionally generalized variable separation solutions of a general KdV-type equations u_t=u_(xxx) +A(u, u_x)u_(xx) + B(u, u_x) are investigated by developing the conditional Lie-Backlund symmetry method. A complete classification of the considered equations, which admit multi-dimensional invariant subspaces governed by higher-order conditional Lie-B¨acklund symmetries, is presented. As a result, several concrete examples are provided to construct functionally generalized variable separation solutions of some resulting equations.

Invariant subspaces and conditional Lie-Bcklund symmetries of inhomogeneous nonlinear difusion equations

The inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equation is studied by invariant subspace and condi- tional Lie=Bgcklund symmetry methods. It is shown that the equations admit a class of invariant subspaces governed by the nonlinear ordinary differential equations, which is equivalent to a kind of higher=order conditional Lie-B^icklund symmetries of the equations. As a consequence, a number of new solutions to the inhomogeneous nonlinear diffusion equations are constructed explicitly or reduced to solving finite-dimensional dynamical sys- tems.

Approximate Derivative-Dependent Functional Variable Separation for the Generalized Diffusion Equations with Perturbation

As an extension to the derivative-dependent functional variable separation approach, the approximate derivative-dependent functional variable separation approach is proposed, and it is applied to study the generalized diffusion equations with perturbation. Complete classification of these perturbed equations which admit approximate derivative-dependent functional separable solutions is obtained. As a result, the corresponding approximate derivative-dependent functional separable solutions to some resulting perturbed equations are derived by way of examples.