A second Wronskian formulation of the Boussinesq equation

作者:Ma Wen Xiu*; Li Chun Xia; He Jingsong
来源:Nonlinear Analysis-Theory Methods & Applications, 2009, 70(12): 4245-4258.
DOI:10.1016/j.na.2008.09.010

摘要

A Wronskian formulation leading to rational solutions is presented for the Boussinesq equation. It involves third-order linear partial differential equations, whose representative systems are systematically solved. The resulting solutions formulas provide a direct but powerful approach for constructing rational solutions, positon solutions and complexiton solutions to the Boussinesq equation. Various examples of exact solutions of those three kinds are computed. The newly presented Wronskian formulation is different from the one previously presented by Li et al., which does not yield rational solutions.