Bifurcations and exact traveling wave solutions of Gerdjikov-Ivanov equation with perturbation terms (Q2196581)

The authors study new exact traveling wave solutions of the nonlinear Gerdjikov-Ivanov equation with perturbation terms. Based on employing the bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems, they obtained all possible dynamical behavior of traveling wave solutions including periodic wave solution, kink wave solution, anti-kink wave solution and solitary wave solution (bright and dark). The sketch of the method is as follows: 1) Transfer the nonlinear PDE to an ODE by a suitable travelling wave transformation. Compute the first integral for the obtain ODE. 2) Perform the bifurcation analysis of ODE and make phase portrait. 3) Dynamic behavior of ODE corresponds to wave solution of the PDE. A periodic orbit of ODE corresponds to a periodic wave solution of a nonlinear wave equation (PDE); a homoclinic orbit of ODE corresponds to a solitary wave solution of a nonlinear wave equation (PDE); a heteroclinic orbit of system ODE corresponds to a kink (or anti-kink) wave solution of a nonlinear wave equation (PDE). Also, the authors give the exact expression of the solutions to nonlinear wave equation. The main reference is [\textit{J. Li}, Singular nonlinear travelling wave equations: bifurcations and exact solutions. Beijing: Science Press (2013)].