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Inverse Scattering Integrability and Fractional Soliton Solutions of a Variable-Coefficient Fractional-Order KdV-Type Equation
by
Sheng Zhang
Sheng Zhang 1
,
Hongwei Li
Hongwei Li 1
and
Bo Xu
Bo Xu 2,*
1
School of Mathematical Sciences, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
2
School of Educational Sciences, Bohai University, Jinzhou 121013, China
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Fractal Fract. 2024, 8(9), 520; https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8090520 (registering DOI)
Submission received: 25 June 2024
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Revised: 20 August 2024
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Accepted: 30 August 2024
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Published: 31 August 2024
Abstract
In the field of nonlinear mathematical physics, Ablowitz et al.’s algorithm has recently made significant progress in the inverse scattering transform (IST) of fractional-order nonlinear evolution equations (fNLEEs). However, the solved fNLEEs are all constant-coefficient models. In this study, we establish a fractional-order KdV (fKdV)-type equation with variable coefficients and show that the IST is capable of solving the variable-coefficient fKdV (vcfKdV)-type equation. Firstly, according to Ablowitz et al.’s fractional-order algorithm and the anomalous dispersion relation, we derive the vcfKdV-type equation contained in a new class of integrable fNLEEs, which can be used to describe the dispersion transport in fractal media. Secondly, we reconstruct the potential function based on the time-dependent scattering data, and rewrite the explicit form of the vcfKdV-type equation using the completeness of eigenfunctions. Thirdly, under the assumption of reflectionless potential, we obtain an explicit expression for the fractional n-soliton solution of the vcfKdV-type equation. Finally, as specific examples, we study the spatial structures of the obtained fractional one- and two-soliton solutions. We find that the fractional soliton solutions and their linear, X-shaped, parabolic, sine/cosine, and semi-sine/semi-cosine trajectories formed on the coordinate plane have power–law dependence on discrete spectral parameters and are also affected by variable coefficients, which may have research value for the related hyperdispersion transport in fractional-order nonlinear media.
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Zhang, S.; Li, H.; Xu, B.
Inverse Scattering Integrability and Fractional Soliton Solutions of a Variable-Coefficient Fractional-Order KdV-Type Equation. Fractal Fract. 2024, 8, 520.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8090520
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Zhang S, Li H, Xu B.
Inverse Scattering Integrability and Fractional Soliton Solutions of a Variable-Coefficient Fractional-Order KdV-Type Equation. Fractal and Fractional. 2024; 8(9):520.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8090520
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Zhang, Sheng, Hongwei Li, and Bo Xu.
2024. "Inverse Scattering Integrability and Fractional Soliton Solutions of a Variable-Coefficient Fractional-Order KdV-Type Equation" Fractal and Fractional 8, no. 9: 520.
https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8090520
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