On the Painlevé analysis of the two-dimensional Burgers' equation (Q4030899)

The Painlevé test is performed for the two-dimensional burgers equation \[ (u_ t+uu_ x-u_{xx})_ x+u_{yy}=0.\tag{1} \] Previously, the same authors have demonstrated that this equation passes the test. In this work, the analysis is presented in an alternative form. The central point is solving the so-called constraint equation \[ v_ y^ 2 v_{xx}+v_ x^ 2 v_{yy}-2v_ x v_ y v_{xy}=0, \] the function \(v(x,y,t)\) determining the singularity manifold \(v(x,y)=0\), which plays a central role in the Painlevé analysis. In the present work, the latter equation is solved by means of the Legendre transformation. Then, exploiting the Legendre transformation, the authors find a class of exact solutions to equation (1). This class includes exact solutions that can be obtained by means of the Bäcklund transformation, which maps equation (1) onto a linear equation of the heat-conductivity type.