Abstract

In this paper, by means of the Hirota bilinear method, a dimensionally reduced nonlinear evolution equation is investigated. Through its bilinear form, lump solutions are obtained. We construct interaction solutions between lump solutions and one soliton solution by choosing quadratic functions and exponential function. Interaction solutions with the combinations of exponential functions and sine function are also given. Meanwhile, the figures of these solutions are plotted. The dynamical characteristics and properties of obtained solutions are discussed, respectively. The results show that the corresponding physical quantities and properties of nonlinear waves are associated with the values of the parameters.

1. Introduction

Nonlinear evolution equations (NLEEs) are becoming more and more important in modern science. People have paid much more attention than ever before on the study of NLEEs. They have significant applications in many subject fields, especially in nonlinear science, for instance, mathematical physics, nonlinear mechanics, particle physics, marine science, atmospheric science, and automation. This trend stems from the fact that NLEEs can explain a lot of natural phenomena; for example, in mathematical physics, many physical quantities of nonlinear waves can be described by the parameters of equations and the solutions of equations can also well interpret the propagation of water waves. In order to obtain the solutions of NLEEs, researchers have put forward many methods, including the Hirota direct method [1], Painlevé analysis method [2], inverse scattering transformation (IST) [3, 4], Riemann–Hilbert method [57], Lie symmetry method, and so on [812]. Among these methods, the Hirota direct method is so prompt and effective. Based on this approach, researchers have obtained many different kinds of solutions, including lump solutions [1315], breather solutions [1618], rogue wave solutions [1921], interaction solutions, and so on [2226]. With the help of the Riemann–Hilbert method, people also acquire soliton solutions of integrable hierarchies and coupled systems [2731]. By taking the long wave limit of soliton solutions, rational solutions of NLEEs are presented [32]. Meanwhile, some difference equations also possess lump solutions and interaction solutions, such as the Toda lattice equation [33]. In recent years, researchers generalize the existing NLEEs to new ones and obtain the corresponding lump solutions [34, 35]. These results are good supplements to the theory of exact solutions for NLEEs.

In this paper, we focus on the (3 + 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation [36]; its form iswhere is the integral with respect to x.

Let ; we derive dimensionally reduced situation of equation (1) as follows:

Equation (2) has wide applications in different areas, for example, mathematical physics, ocean science, engineering, and others. It could describe propagation of shallow water wave in nonlinear dispersive channel. So, it is very important to find the exact solution for this dimensionally reduced nonlinear evolution equation.

The structure of this paper is as follows. In Section 2, we present the Hirota bilinear form and lump solutions of equation (2). In Section 3, we obtain interaction solutions with the combination of lump solutions and one soliton solution. In Section 4, we acquire interaction solutions with the combination of two exponential functions and one sine function. In Section 5, some conclusions are given.

2. Hirota Bilinear Form and Lump Solutions

2.1. Hirota Bilinear Form of the Dimensionally Reduced Nonlinear Evolution Equation

By means of variable transformation , we transform equation (2) into the Hirota bilinear form [37, 38]:where D is the Hirota bilinear differential operator which is defined as follows:

2.2. Lump Solutions Consisting of Two Quadratic Functions

In order to obtain lump solutions of equation (2), we take function F in the following form:where are real parameters to be determined.

Substituting equation (5) into equation (3) and considering the coefficients of all powers of the variables to be 0, with the help of Maple, we have the following relations:where are free parameters.

For convenience, we let the parameters to be

Consequently, the lump solutions of equation (2) can be written as

From equations (5) and (6), we can find that the lump solution is a kind of rational solution. Based on parameter relations (6), we know F is analytical if and only if and . Let us make a simple dynamical characteristic analysis. Figure 1(a) shows the lump solutions of equation (2). When , and , the lump wave will center at the origin; here we take . The lump wave is located in arbitrary directions in the space, so it is a kind of localized wave actually. From equation (8), we can find that if or , then and , . The lump wave has one peak and two valleys, and valleys are symmetrically distributed on both sides of the peak. According to the extreme value principle of multivariate functions, by the calculation, we obtain that the lump wave’s minimum point (extreme value point) is and the corresponding amplitude is . It propagates along the line with the velocity of . This mode of motion is uniform linear motion in physics.

2.3. Lump Solutions Consisting of Three Quadratic Functions

We will seek for the lump solutions consisting of three quadratic functions. This situation has rarely been seen in existing literatures [1315, 35]. In order to do it, we take function F in the following form:where are real parameters to be determined.

Substituting equation (9) into equation (3) and considering the coefficients of all powers of the variables to be 0, with the help of Maple, we have the following relations:where are free parameters.

For convenience, we let the parameters to be

Consequently, the lump solutions consisting of three quadratic functions of equation (2) can be written as

Based on parameter relations (10), we know F is analytical if and only if and . Figure 2(a) shows the lump solutions consisting of three quadratic functions of equation (2). Similar to the previous dynamical characteristic analysis, when , and , the lump wave will center at the origin; here we take . From equation (12), we can find that if or , then , , and , . The lump wave consisting of three quadratic functions also has one peak and two valleys, and valleys are symmetrically distributed on both sides of the peak. Similarly, we obtain that the lump wave’s minimum point (extreme value point) is and the corresponding amplitude is . It propagates along the line with the velocity of . This mode of motion is also uniform linear motion in physics.

Compared with the previous results (Section 2.2), when , we realize that lump solutions (8) and lump solutions (12) have the same minimum point (extreme value point); however, they have different extreme values (amplitudes) at the same minimum point. These two kinds of lump wave have the same mode of motion.

3. Interaction Solutions Consisting of Lump Solutions and One Soliton Solution

We will seek for the interaction solutions between lump solutions and one soliton solution. In order to do it, suppose that F has the following form:where , and are real parameters to be determined.

Substituting equation (13) into equation (3) and considering the coefficients of all powers of the variables to be 0, with the help of Maple, we have the following relations:where are free parameters.

Thus, the interaction solutions between lump solutions and one soliton solution can be written as

Figure 3 shows the interaction solutions between lump solutions and one soliton solution. Similar to previous section, we know F is analytical if and only if , and . In order to facilitate dynamic analysis, we take . When , there is only a solitary wave; at about , a special phenomenon occurs and the solitary wave starts to split into two parts: one is the lump wave and the other is the solitary wave. In this process, the amplitude of the lump wave has changed. When , the solitary wave still moves in the same direction as before, but the lump wave moves in the opposite direction, and they are farther and farther. This is a fission phenomenon. Figure 4 shows the opposite state of motion (), where a lump wave and a solitary wave merge into a solitary wave. It is a fusion phenomenon. No matter fission or fusion, during the interaction, the solitary wave keeps its same amplitude and shape, and it is elastic. On the contrary, the lump wave’s amplitude has changed, and it is inelastic.

4. Interaction Solutions Consisting of Two Exponential Functions and One Sine Function

In this section, we will seek for the interaction solutions consisting of two exponential functions and one sine function. In order to do it, suppose that F has the following form:where are parameters to be determined.

Substituting equation (16) into equation (3), with the help of Maple, we have the following relations:where are free parameters.

For convenience, we let the parameters to be

Consequently, the interaction solutions consisting of two exponential functions and one sine function of equation (2) can be written as

Figure 5 shows the interaction solutions consisting of two exponential functions and one sine function. Because u is a complex solution, we plot its real part and imaginary part, respectively. From Figure 4(a), we find that the real part of u is very similar to soliton solution. Its peaks are sharp while the soliton solution’s peak is smooth. All of its peaks have the same amplitude. From Figure 4(c), we can see the imaginary part of u has two rows of peaks. All of its all peaks have the same amplitude, and this is similar to the real part. When x or y is given, the amplitude and shape of the real part of u remain the same when t changes, and this is similar to the imaginary part.

The obtained solution’s real part has one row of sharp peaks, but its imaginary part has two rows of sharp peaks. As far as we know, such solutions with sharp peaks in both real and imaginary parts have rarely been seen in existing literatures.

5. Conclusion

As a summary, we investigate different kinds of solutions for a dimensionally reduced nonlinear evolution equation, including lump solutions and two kinds of interaction solutions. Dynamical characteristics and properties of obtained solutions are discussed, respectively. For these solutions, we discover many special physical phenomena, for example, the fission and fusion phenomena from the first kind of interaction solutions. The results show that the Hirota bilinear method is so prompt and effective to obtain solutions for nonlinear evolution equations. Based on this point, many other kinds of solutions for equations especially nonlinear mathematical physics equations are worth exploring.

Data Availability

No data were used to support this study.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (grant nos. 11975143 and 61602188), Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (grant no. ZR2019QD018), and Scientific Research Foundation of Shandong University of Science and Technology for Recruited Talents (grant nos. 2017RCJJ068 and 2017RCJJ069).