Separation of variables in the nonlinear wave equation
- 7 May 1994
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 27 (9) , L291-L297
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/27/9/009
Abstract
We develop a technique making it possible to handle the problem of separation of variables in nonlinear differential equations. Using it we obtain a number of new two-dimensional nonlinear wave equations admitting separation of variables and construct their exact solutions.Keywords
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