On rational similarity solutions of KdV and m-KdV equations (Q801485)

This note presents rational similarity solutions \(u_ n\) in series for the KdV equation and \(v_ n\) for the modified-KdV equation. These solutions were expressed in terms of polynomials originally introduced by Yablonskij (1959) and Vorobiev (1965) to describe rational solutions of the second Painlevé equation. The main result of this note are the proofs of two theorems: one gives the similarity solutions of KdV and modified-KdV equations, while the other gives a theoretical bound for the coefficients \(P_{n,j}\) of the Yablonskij-Vorobiev polynomials \(P_ n\).