On the behavior of solutions of a class of nonlinear partial differential equations (Q1969292)

The author of this interesting paper studies the behavior of the solutions for a class of nonlinear partial differential equations having the form \[ u_t+ \lambda uu_x+ F(u_{xx}, u_{xxx}, u_{xxxx},\dots)= 0, \] where \(F\) is a linear functional. The nonlinearity in these equations is expressed by the presence of the convective term \(F\). The following special cases are considered, namely \(F= \mu u_{xx}\) (Burgers), \(F= \mu u_{xxx}\) (Korteweg-de Vries), \(F= \mu u_{xx}+\nu u_{xxxx}\) (Kuramoto-Sivashinsky). The behavior of the steady-state (or the traveling wave) solutions for the above equations is studied. It is shown that the steady-state (or the traveling wave) solution may explode at a finite value of the spatial (or the characteristic) variable. This holds whatever is the order of the spatial derivative term in the equations under consideration. Furthermore, new special solutions of a set of equations in the considered class are found as well.