Bäcklund transformation, exact solutions and interaction behaviour of the (3+1)-dimensional Hirota-Satsuma-Ito-like equation (Q2207812)

The paper aims to construct exact solutions to the (3 + 1)-dimensional system of the Hirota-Satsuma-Ito-type, as a generalization of the known (2 + 1)-dimensional Hirota-Satsuma-Ito equation. The solutions are produced using a possibility to cast the system in the form of the Hirota bilinear represenation. In particular, the Bäcklund transformation is derived for the system, starting from the Hirota method. The analysis is focused on solutions in the form of lumps, i.e., solitons with a dipole structure. Further, solutions are constructed for interaction of lumps with kinks and multi-kink complexes. The interactions may be both elastic and inelastic. In the latter case, the original lump is absorbed by the kinks, which is a nontrivial example of strongly inelastic interactions in the integrable system.