Approximate analytical solution of the generalized Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskunov equation with cubic nonlinearity (Q6100433)

In this paper, the authors investigate approximate analytical oscillatory solutions to the generalized Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskunov equation (gKPPE) by employing the theory of dynamical systems. According to the corresponding dynamical system of the bounded traveling wave solutions to the gKPPE, the number and qualitative properties of these bounded solutions are presented. Furthermore, pulses (bell-shaped) and waves fronts (kink-shaped) of the gKPPE are given. According to the two evolution relationships between the corresponding saddle-focus orbit and the oscillatory solution in the phase portraits, two types of approximate analytical oscillatory solutions are constructed. One solution has a pulse head and an oscillatory tail, and the other solution has a wave front head and an oscillatory tail. Besides, the error estimations between the approximate analytical oscillatory solutions and the exact solutions of the gKPPE are obtained by the principle of homogenization. Finally, the approximate analytical oscillatory solutions are compared with the numerical solutions, which shows the two types of solutions are similar in the graphical results.