Bifurcation phenomena of nonlinear waves in a generalized Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation (Q2248463)

Summary: We study the bifurcation phenomena of nonlinear waves described by a generalized Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation \(u_t+(au^2+bu^4)u_{x}+\gamma u_{xxx}+\delta u{xyy}=0\). We reveal four kinds of interesting bifurcation phenomena. The first kind is that the low-kink waves can be bifurcated from the symmetric solitary waves, the 1-blow-up waves, the tall-kink waves, and the antisymmetric solitary waves. The second kind is that the 1-blow-up waves can be bifurcated from the periodic-blow-up waves, the symmetric solitary waves, and the 2-blow-up waves. The third kind is that the periodic-blow-up waves can be bifurcated from the symmetric periodic waves. The fourth kind is that the tall-kink waves can be bifurcated from the symmetric periodic waves.