Polygons of differential equations for finding exact solutions (Q2468223)

The authors present a method for finding exact solutions of nonlinear differential equations. Their method is based on application of polygons corresponding to nonlinear differential equations. Main aim is to express solution of the equation studied through solutions of the simplest equations. The method is based on the idea of power geometry. The method can be also applied for finding transformations between solutions of differential equations. To demonstrate the method application exact solutions of several equations are found. These equations are: the KdV-Burgers equation, the generalized Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, the fourth-order nonlinear evolution equation, the fifth-order KdV equation, the fifth-order modified KdV equation and the sixth-order nonlinear evolution equation describing turbulent processes. Some new exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations are given.