Bifurcations, Analytical and Non-Analytical Traveling Wave Solutions of (2 + 1)-Dimensional Nonlinear Dispersive Boussinesq Equation ()
1. Introduction
Many nonlinear phenomena in biology, fluid dynamics, chemistry, plasma physics, etc, can be described by nonlinear partial differential equations. Looking for explicit and exact solutions to nonlinear partial differential equations is a very meaningful and important task. These explicit and exact solutions may well describe various nonlinear phenomena in biology, fluid dynamics, chemistry, plasma physics, etc. In the past decades, many methods for obtaining explicit and exact solutions have been established such as improved modified extended tanh-function method [1] [2], Lie Group Method [3] [4], hyperbolic function method [5] [6], Jacobi elliptic function method [7] [8], sine-cosine method [9] [10], extended Kudryashov’s method [11], improved sub-equation method [12] [13], enhanced (G'/G)-expansion method [14], extended (or improved) Hirota bilinear method [15] [16], Darboux transformation method [17] [18], Bäcklund transformation method [19], direct integration method [20], the ansatz method [21], method of separation of variables [22] and so on. However, the solution procedures become very complex and most of the methods fail or can obtain few special solutions as the degree of the nonlinearity is high. Therefore it is very important to do qualitative analysis of nonlinear partial differential equations. It can help one understand the dynamical properties of solutions even without obtaining any exact solution.
The Boussinesq equation, which describes the propagation of water waves, is one of the most classical integrable nonlinear partial differential equations and has attracted the attention of many researchers. Yan [23] introduced a family of Boussinesq equations with fully nonlinear dispersion
(1)
and presented some compacton solutions for
. Zhu et al. [24]-[26] researched the following three types of Boussinesq-like equations
(2)
(3)
and
(4)
and obtained some soliton solutions by using the extended decomposition method. Zhang et al. [27] investigated a more generalized form of the Boussinesq equations
(5)
and obtained several compacton and solitary solutions by using the integral approach. In 2022, Sun et al. [28] studied the Boussinesq equation in the following form
(6)
and derived the degenerate breather solutions through the generalized Darboux transformation. Yan [29] introduced a more generalized form of the (2 + 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation with fully nonlinear dispersion
(7)
where
and
are real parameters. Equations (1)-(6) are only the special cases of Equation (7). By taking other different values of
and
, Equation (7) contains a lot of well-known equations as special examples. When
,
, equation (7) becomes the Boussinesq equation for
and the modified Boussinesq equation for
. Yan [29] and Wazwaz [30] respectively constructed some solitary pattern solutions for
. Tian and Yu [31] obtained several compacton solutions of (7) for
. Up to now, various generalizations of the classical Boussinesq equations have been proposed and studied to probe the dynamical properties of water motions. Various exact solutions of the generalized Boussinesq equations have been constructed. Since looking for general solutions is much too difficult and only a few exact solutions can be solved, it becomes very important to do a qualitative analysis of the solutions. Here we focus on the traveling wave solutions to Equation (7) and discuss the dynamical behavior of the traveling wave solutions via bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems.
We introduce the traveling wave transformation
(8)
where
and
are real constants while
is the wave speed. Then Equation (7) is reduced to the following nonlinear ordinary equation
(9)
Integrating (9) twice with respect to
and setting two integration constants as zero, we have
(10)
Without loss the generality, we suppose that
,
. We only consider (10) for the case
. It can be similarly treated for another case
. Let
, then we have
(11)
where
. Let
. Then (11) is equivalent to the planar system
(12)
which has the first integral
(13)
where h is an arbitrary constant.
System (12) is a 7-parameter planar dynamical system depending on the parameter group
. Suppose that
is a continuous solution of (11) for
and
,
. Recall that 1)
is called a soliton solution if
; 2)
is called a kink or anti-kink soliton solution if
. Usually, a soliton solution of (11) corresponds to a homoclinic orbit of (12); a kink (or anti-kink) soliton solution of (11) corresponds to a heteroclinic orbit (or a so-called connecting orbit) of (12). Similarly, a periodic solution of (11) derives from a periodic orbit of (12). Thus, to investigate all possible bifurcations of soliton and periodic solutions of (11), we need to discuss all periodic annuli, homoclinic and heteroclinic orbits of (12). The bifurcation theory of dynamical systems [32] [33] plays a crucial role in the work.
We notice that there are three possible singularities in the right hand of the second Equation in (12) for
and
, where
. That is
to say
has no definition on the above straight lines in the
-phase plane, which implies that the analytical system (7) probably has singular traveling wave solutions. In this paper, to remove the singularities, we first introduce a scale transformation to transform the singular system into a regular system. We then study the bifurcation sets and the phase portraits of the regular system by using the bifurcation theory of dynamical systems. We next analyse the impact of singularity on the analyticity of solutions of (12) through the singular traveling wave theory developed by Li and Liu [34]. Finally, we obtain some sufficient conditions for the existence of analytical and non-analytical traveling wave solutions.
The rest of the paper is organized as follows. In Section 2, we analyse the bifurcation sets and phase portraits of the regular system (14). In Sections 3 and 4, we discuss the impact of singularity on the analyticity of solutions of (12) based on the phase portraits of the regular system (14) obtained in Section 2 and give some sufficient conditions guaranteeing the existence of analytical and non-analytical traveling wave solutions. In Section 5, we obtain some explicit and exact traveling wave solutions of (7) for certain special cases. The simulations and discussions are presented in Section 6. Finally, some conclusions are given in Section 7.
2. Bifurcations and Phase Portraits of Regular System (14)
In this section, we discuss the bifurcation parametric sets, bifurcation curves and phase portraits of (12).
Making the scale transformation
in order to remove the singularity, then the singular system (12) is reduced to the following regular system
(14)
which has the same topological phase portraits as (12) except on the singular lines
and
. Both Equations (12) and (14) have the same first integral (13). The singular lines
and
are invariant straight-line solutions of (14).
For a given constant h, Equation (13) determines a set of invariant curves of (14), which contains different branches of curves. As the integration constant h varies, Equation (13) gives different families of orbits of (14) which correspond to different dynamical behavior.
To study the bifurcations and phase portraits of (14), we shall first investigate its all equilibrium points.
Equation (14) has two equilibrium points at
and
for
is odd and has three equilibria at
,
and
for
is even, where
.
Equation (14) has two equilibrium points at
on the straight line
when
and
.
Denote that
and
Equation (14) has two equilibria at
on the straight line
for
and has two equilibria at
on the straight line
for
.
Let
be the coefficient matrix of the linearized system of (14) at the equilibrium point
and let
. By the theory of planar dynamical systems, we know that the equilibrium
is a saddle (or center) if
(or >0); it is a cusp if
and the Poincaré index of
is zero. Thus,
all are saddles.
Denote that
,
,
and
, where
is defined by (13). It is obvious that
.
Here we are considering a physical model where only bounded solutions are meaningful. Thus we only pay attention to the bounded solutions of (14). In other words, we only consider the case when (14) has at least one center. Hence, we next assume that
,
,
and
. The other cases can be treated by the similar method. Suppose that
. By using the above facts to do qualitative analysis, we obtain the following results.
Case I.
,
.
In this case, there is a unique singular straight line
. For a fixed
, there exists a unique bifurcation curve
which divides the second quadrant of the
-parametric plane into two subregions
Except on the singular line
, Equation (14) has a unique equilibrium point
which is a center for
and a saddle for
. We only consider this case when
since we only study bounded solutions of (14).
1) When
and
, Equation (14) also exists another equilibrium point
besides
. O is a saddle point (or a cusp) when p is odd (or even). Equation (14) has a family of periodic orbits defined by
for
. These periodic orbits encircle the center
and form a periodic annulus. Moreover, Equation (14) has a homoclinic orbit defined by
. The homoclinic orbit is homoclinic to the saddle O and is a boundary curve of the periodic annulus.
2) When
and
, Equation (14) has two other equilibrium points
on the singular line
besides
.
and
both are saddle points. Equation (14) has a family of periodic orbits defined by
for
. These periodic orbits encircle the center
and form a periodic annulus. Moreover, Equation (14) has two heteroclinic orbits
and
defined by
. These two heteroclinic orbits form a two-point heteroclinic cycle
which is a boundary curve of the periodic annulus.
3) When
and
, Equation (14) has no other equilibrium point besides
and has a family of large-scale periodic orbits defined by
for
. These periodic orbits encircle the center
and form an unbounded periodic annulus.
Based on the above analysis and with the help of the mathematical software MAPLE, we can obtain the phase portraits of (14) shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1. The phase portraits of (14) in Case I for
(1)-(3) p is even; (4)-(6) p is odd.
Case II.
,
.
In this case, there exist two singular straight lines
and
. For a fixed
, the second quadrant of the
-parametric plane is divided into three subregions
by the bifurcation curves
and
, where
On the
-axis in the
-phase plane, the system (14) has two equilibrium points O and
.
is a saddle for
and a center for
. We do not consider the case
since we only pay attention to the bounded solutions of (14). The phase portraits of (14) are displayed in Figure 2.
Case III.
,
.
In this case, there exist three singular straight lines
and
. For a fixed
, there are the same bifurcation curves and bifurcation sets as in Case II. Except on the singular line
, Equation (14) has a unique equilibrium
which is a saddle for
and a center for
. The pase portraits of (14) are shown in Figure 3.
Figure 2. The phase portraits of (14) in Case II.
Case IV.
,
.
In this case, there exists a unique singular line
. For a fixed
, there are the same bifurcation sets as in Case I. We only consider
. For
, it can be similarly discussed. Except on the singular line, system (14) has two equilibrium points
and
.
is a center and
is a saddle when p is even;
and
both are centers when p is odd. The phase portraits of (14) are displayed in Figure 4.
Figure 3. The phase portraits of (14) in Case III.
Case V.
,
.
In this case, there exist two singular lines
and
. For a fixed
, there are the same bifurcation sets as in Case II. Except on the singular lines, system (14) has two equilibrium points
and
.
is a saddle for
and a center for
.
is a center when p is odd and a saddle when p is even. The phase portraits of (14) are shown in Figure 5 and Figure 6, respectively.
Figure 4. The phase portraits of (14) in Case IV for
: (1)-(3) p is even; (4)-(6) p is odd.
Figure 5. The phase portraits of (14) in Case V and p is even.
Figure 6. The phase portraits of (14) in Case V and p is odd.
Case VI.
,
.
In this case, there exist three singular lines
and
. For a fixed
, there are the same bifurcation sets as in Case II. Except on the singular lines, (14) has two equilibrium points
and
. When p is odd, both of them are centers for
and saddles for
. One is a center and another is a saddle when p is even. The phase portraits of (14) are displayed in Figure 7 and Figure 8, respectively.
Figure 7. The phase portraits of (14) in Case V and p is odd.
Figure 8. The phase portraits of (14) in Case V and p is even.
3. Existence of Analytical Traveling Wave Solutions
We discuss the existence of analytical traveling wave solutions of (7). As mentioned above, the singular traveling wave system (12) has the same orbits as the regular system (14) except on the singular straight lines
or
. The
transformation of variables
only derives the difference between the parametric representations of the orbits of (12) and those of
(14) when
and
. Each solution of (14) is analytical because (14) is an analytical system. Thus the traveling wave solutions of (12), which correspond to those orbits far from the three singular lines in the
-phase plane, are analytical.
When an orbit of (14) is close to, even crosses the singular line
, does it correspond to an analytical solution of (12)? For example, for the case
and
, there is an orbit of (14) which intersects with the singular line
at the origin O (see Figure 1(1) and Figure 1(4), etc.). We here consider the case in Figure 1(1). The same conclusions can be drawn for other similar cases by the same method. It follows from Figure 1(1) that Equation (14) has an analytical homoclinic orbit
defined by
and a family of analytical periodic orbits
defined by
for
. The orbit
intersects the
axis at
(
) besides the origin. An analytical homoclinic orbit of the regular system (14) is not always an analytical homoclinic orbit of the singular system (12) because of the difference between the time scales
and
. We have the following conclusion on
.
Lemma 3.1. Suppose that
,
,
. The orbit
is an analytical periodic orbit of the singular system (12) although it is an analytical homoclinic orbit of the regular system (14).
Proof. Assume that
is the solution of (12) defined by the orbit
with the initial value condition
. From
, one obtains
(15)
where
. Taking
as a time variable and letting
be the time that the solution
moves from
to the origin along the orbit
. It follows from the first Equation in (12) that
. Then one can derive from (15) that
(16)
where
The integral in (16) is an improper integral since its integrand function
is unbounded in the right neighborhood of
. On the other hand, we have
The improper integral in (16) is convergent since
and
from
. Hence
is a finite constant. That is to say, the origin O can be reached within a limited time, which means that O is a regular point rather than a singular point of (12) although it is a saddle of (14). Therefore the orbit
is an analytical periodic orbit rather than a homoclinic orbit of (12).
From Lemma lemma 3.1, an analytical homoclinic orbit of the regular system perhaps corresponds to an analytical periodic orbit of the singular system. According to the above analysis and the phase portraits obtained in Section 0, we draw the following conclusions on the existence of analytical traveling waves of (7).
Theorem 3.2 (Analytical Periodic Travelling Waves)
1) Equation (7) has at least one family of analytical periodic travelling wave solutions corresponding to
,
or
, if any one of the following conditions holds.
a)
,
and
(see Figure 1(1) and Figure 1(4));
b)
,
,
and
(see Figure 2(7) and Figure 3(7));
c)
,
and
(see Figure 4(1) and Figure 4(4));
d)
,
,
and
(see Figure 5(5), Figure 6(10), Figure 7(7) and Figure 8(7)).
2) Equation (7) has at least one family of analytical periodic travelling wave solutions corresponding to
,
or
, if any one of the following conditions holds.
a)
,
, p is odd and
(see Figure 4(4));
b)
,
,
, p is odd and
(see Figure 6(1), Figure 6(4), Figure 6(7) and Figure 6(10));
c)
,
,
, p is odd and
(see Figure 7(7)).
4. Existence of Non-Analytical Travelling Wave Solutions
In Section 3, we have come to the conclusion that the analytical orbits of (14), which are far from the singular straight lines
and
or intersect with the singular straight lines at the origin, are still analytical orbits of (12). In this section, we discuss the dynamical behavior of the orbits that are infinitely close to the singular line or intersect the singular lines at other points except the origin.
We study these cases in which there exists uncountable infinity many periodic orbits being infinitely close to the singular lines
or
. We confine our attention to the case in Figure 1(2) for example. The same results can be drawn for other similar cases by the same method. We see from Figure 1(2) that Equation (14) has a family of periodic orbits on the right-half
-phase plane defined by
for
. These orbits are infinitely close to the singular line
as
, which leads to the waveforms of periodic cusp waves. We point out the following lemma on periodic cusp waves, whose proof is similar to Theorems 3.1 and 3.2 in [34].
Lemma 4.1. The boundary curves of a periodic annulus are the limit curves of closed orbits inside the annulus. If these boundary curves contain a segment of the singular straight line
of (12),
rapidly jumps in a very short time interval
along this segment and near this segment.
Let
be the solution of Equation (12) corresponding to the closed orbit near the singular line
. From Lemma lemma 4.1,
quickly changes its symbol from negative to positive near
and the waveform of
forms a periodic cusp wave. Based on the phase portraits in Section 0, we have the following conclusions.
Theorem 4.2 (Non-analytical Periodic Cusp Waves)
1) Corresponding to
,
(or
) defined by (13), Equation (7) has at least one family of non-analytical periodic waves; when h varies from
to 0, these periodic waves will gradually lose their analyticity, and evolve from analytical periodic waves to non-analytical periodic cusp waves and finally approach to a periodic cusp wave, if any one of the following conditions holds.
a)
,
,
(see Figure 1(2), Figure 1(5), Figure 4(2), Figure 4(5));
b)
,
,
,
(see Figure 2(4), Figure 2(5), Figure 3(4), Figure 3(5), Figure 5(3), Figure 6(7), Figure 6(8), Figure 7(4), Figure 7(5));
c)
,
,
(see Figure 2(8), Figure 3(8), Figure 6(11), Figure 7(8)).
2) Corresponding to
,
or
, Equation (7) has at least one family of non-analytical periodic waves; when h varies from
to
, these periodic waves will gradually lose their analyticity, and evolve from analytical periodic waves to non-analytical periodic cusp waves and finally approach to a periodic cusp wave, if
,
and
(see Figures 2(1)-(3), Figures 3(1)-(3), Figure 5(1), Figure 5(2), Figures 6(4)-(6), Figures 7(1)-(3), Figure 8(3), Figure 8(4));
Remark 4.3. Corresponding to
,
(or
or
or
), we also have the similar results as the Theorem 0.4. We omit these statements to save the space.
We consider the last cases in which the regular system (14) has uncountable infinity many unbounded open orbits
which are infinitely close to the singular lines
or
, with
as
(or
) for
. The case in Figure 1(1) is taken as an example. Similar conclusions can be derived for those similar cases by using the similar method. We see from Figure 1(1) that Equation (14) has uncountable infinity many open orbits
defined by
for
. These open orbits lie in the right-half
-phase plane and intersect the
-axis at
. Assume that
is the special solution of (12) under the initial condition
. It follows from (13) that
(17)
where
Let
be the time that the phase point
spend moving from the initial position
to the singular line
along the open orbit
. From (17) and the first Equation in (12), we have
(18)
The improper integral in (18) is convergent since
and the singular point
is a simple real root of
. Thus
is a finite positive number for every fixed
and the solution
only exists in the finite time interval
with
but the derivative
. Thus the open orbits
of the regular system (14)
correspond to the breaking wave solutions (i.e., the so-called blow-up solutions) of the singular traveling wave system (12).
Theorem 4.4 (Non-analytical Breaking Waves) Corresponding to
,
or
or
or
, Equation (7) has at least one family of breaking waves, if any one of the following conditions holds.
1)
,
and
(see Figure 1 and Figure 4);
2)
,
and
(see Figures 2(1)-(3) and Figures 2(7)-(9));
3)
,
and
(see Figure 3);
4)
,
and
(see Figure 5 and Figure 6);
5)
,
, p is odd and
(see Figures 7(7)-(9));
6)
,
, p is even and
(see Figure 8).
5. Explicit Exact Analytical and Non-Analytical Traveling Wave Solutions
In this section, we construct some explicit exact parametric representations of analytical and non-analytical traveling wave solutions of (7) for certain special conditions.
1)
,
,
.
a) When
, and n is odd, for
, from the first integral (13), one obtains
(19)
Substituting (19) into the first Equation in (12) leads to
(20)
which gives an analytical periodic solution of (12)
(21)
So
has an analytical periodic wave solution (see Figure 1(1))
(22)
b) When
,
, and n is odd, the regular system (14) has a two-point heteroclinic cycle defined by
in (13), which corresponds to a non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution of (7) (see Figure 1(5))
(23)
with the period
.
c) When
,
, and n is odd, for
,
has a non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution (see Figure 1(5))
(24)
with the period
, where
,
,
.
2)
,
,
.
a) When
, for
,
has a non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution (see Figure 2(4))
(25)
with the period
.
b) When n is odd, for
,
has a sawtooth-shaped periodic cusp wave solution (see Figure 2(5))
(26)
with the period
.
c) When n is odd, for
,
has a periodic cusp wave solution (see Figure 2(4)):
(27)
with the period
.
3)
,
,
.
a) When
, for
,
has an analytical periodic wave solution (see Figure 4(1))
(28)
where
,
.
b) When n is even, for
,
has a non-analytical periodic wave solution with the same representation as (24) (see Figure 4(2)).
c) When n is even, for
,
has a non-analytically periodic cusp wave solution with the same representation as (23) (see Figure 4(2)).
d) When n is odd, for
,
has two non-analytical periodic cusp wave solutions (see Figure 4(5))
(29)
with the same period
.
e) When n is odd, for
,
has two periodic cusp wave solutions (see Figure 4(5)):
(30)
with the same period
, where
,
.
4)
,
,
.
a) When n is odd, for
,
has a non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution (see Figure 5(3)):
(31)
with the period
.
b) When
, for
,
has a non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution (see Figure 5(3))
(32)
with the period
.
c) When n is odd, for
,
has two periodic cusp wave solutions (see Figure 6(8))
(33)
with the period
and
(34)
with the period
.
5)
,
,
.
a) When n is odd, for
,
has two sawtooth-shaped periodic cusp wave solutions (see Figure 7(5))
(35)
with the same period
.
6. Simulations and Discussions
In this part of the manuscript, we present the simulations of some typical new solutions of Equation (7) which can help us better understand the previous conclusions in Sections 8 and 8 (see Figure 9).
Figure 9. Dynamics of the exact solutions for
,
,
,
.
Sub-Figure 9(1) shows the behavior of the solution
with parameters
,
,
,
. Here we observe the analytical periodic wave solution. The orbit corresponding to this periodic solution is a periodic orbit of the singular system (12) but is a homoclinic orbit of the regular system (14). A homoclinic orbit of a regular system usually gives rise to an analytical solitary wave solution. A solitary wave and a periodic wave have completely different dynamic properties. It is the singularity that causes an analytical homoclinic orbit of the regular system to become an analytical periodic orbit of the corresponding singular system. The wave plot of Figure 9(1) verifies the correctness of Theorem theorem 3.2.
Sub-Figure 9(2) shows the behavior of the solution
with parameters
,
,
,
, which presents the non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution. The orbit corresponding to this periodic cusp wave is a two-point heteroclinic cycle of the regular system (14) but gives rise to a non-analytical periodic cusp wave solution for the singular system (12).
Sub-Figure 9(3) and Figure 9(4) show the behaviors of solutions
and
respectively with parameters
,
,
,
, which present two non-analytical sawtooth-shaped periodic cusp wave solutions. The orbits corresponding to the two periodic cusp wave are two four-point heteroclinic cycles of the regular system (14). Each of the two heteroclinic cycles sequentially connects to four equilibrium points:
and
but gives rise to a saw-shaped periodic cusp wave solution for the singular system (12).
7. Conclusions
In this paper, the (2 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear dispersive Boussinesq equation has been investigated. It is very difficult to directly study the dynamic properties of the corresponding traveling wave equation since it is a singular system with three possible singularities. So a scale transformation is introduced to remove the singularities and transform the singular system into a regular system. Then the bifurcations and phase portraits of the regular system are discussed by using the bifurcation theory of dynamical system. By using the phase portraits of the regular system and utilizing the singular traveling wave theory to analyze the impact of singularity on the analyticity of the solutions of the original equation (7), some sufficient conditions for the existence of analytical and non-analytical solutions are obtained. Many explicit and exact traveling wave solutions are given which can verify the correctness of the conclusions in Sections 8 and 8.
The method used in this paper is very effective and can also be used to study other nonlinear equations with singularities.
Acknowledgements
This work is supported by the Science Technology Foundation of Guizhou Province, China (No. [2020]1Y001).
Appendix. Main Variables Used in This Paper
Some main variables used in this paper are listed in Table A1.
Table A1. Main variables used in this paper.
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