Exact Solutions of （2＋1）-Dimensional HNLS Equation

In this paper, we use the classical Lie group symmetry method to get the Lie point symmetries of the （2＋1）-dimensional hyperbolic nonlinear Schr6dinger （HNLS） equation and reduce the （2＋1）-dimensional HNLS equation to some （1 ＋ 1 ）-dimensional partial differential systems. Finally, many exact travelling solutions of the （2＋1）-dimensional HNLS equation are obtained by the classical Lie symmetry reduced method.     

Exact Solutions to （2＋1）-Dimensional Kaup-Kupershmidt Equation

In this paper, by using the symmetry method, the relationships between new explicit solutions and old ones of the （2＋1）-dimensional Kaup-Kupershmidt （KK） equation are presented. We successfully obtain more general exact travelling wave solutions for （2＋ 1）-dimensional KK equation by the symmetry method and the （G1/G）-expansion method. Consequently, we find some new solutions of （2＋1）-dimensional KK equation, including similarity solutions, solitary wave solutions, and periodic solutions.     

Explicit Solutions for Generalized （2＋1）-Dimensional Nonlinear Zakharov-Kuznetsov Equation

The exact solutions of the generalized （2＋1）-dimensional nonlinear Zakharov-Kuznetsov （Z-K） equation are explored by the method of the improved generalized auxiliary differential equation. Many explicit analytic solutions of the Z-K equation are obtained. The methods used to solve the Z-K equation can be employed in further work to establish new solutions for other nonlinear partial differential equations.     

A Series of Exact Solutions of （2＋l）-Dimensional CDGKS Equation

An algebraic method with symbolic computation is devised to uniformly construct a series of exact solutions of the （2＋1）-dimensional Caudrey-Dodd-Gibbon-Kotera-Sawda equation. The solutions obtained in this paper include solitary wave solutions, rational solutions, triangular periodic solutions, Jacobi and Weierstrass doubly periodic solutions. Among them, the Jacobi periodic solutions exactly degenerate to the solutions at a certain limit condition. Compared with most existing tanh method, the method used here can give new and more general solutions. More importantly, this method provides a guldeline to classifj, the various types of the solution according to some parameters.     

Two Classes of New Exact Solutions to （2＋1）-Dimensional Breaking Soliton Equation

The singular manifold method is used to obtain two general solutions to a （2＋1）-dimensional breaking soliton equation, each of which contains two arbitrary functions. Then the new periodic wave solutions in terms of the Jacobi elliptic functions are generated from the general solutions. The long wave limit yields the new types of dromion and solitary structures.     

New Exact Periodic Solitary-Wave Solutions for New （2＋1）-Dimensional KdV Equation

The extended homoclinic test function method is a kind of classic, efficient and well-developed method to solve nonlinear evolution equations. In this paper, with the help of this approach, we obtain new exact solutions （including kinky periodic solitary-wave solutions, periodic soliton solutions, and cross kink-wave solutions） for the new （2＋1）-dimensional KdV equation. These results enrich the variety of the dynamics of higher-dimensionai nonlinear wave field.     

New Baecklund Transformation and New Exact Solutions to （2＋1）-Dimensional KdV Equation

A new Baecklund transformation for (2 1)-dimensional KdV equation is first obtained by using homogeneous balance method. And making use of the Baecklund transformation and choosing a special seed solution, we get special types of solitary wave solutions. Finally a general variable separation solution containing two arbitrary functions is constructed, from which abundant localized coherent structures of the equation in question can be induced.     

A Series of Exact Solutions for a New （2＋1）-Dimensional Calogero KdV Equation

An algebraic method is proposed to solve a new （2＋1）-dimensional Calogero KdV equation and explicitly construct a series of exact solutions including rational solutions, triangular solutions, exponential solution, line soliton solutions, and doubly periodic wave solutions.     

Adomian Decomposition Method and Exact Solutions of the Perturbed KdV Equation

The Adomian decomposition method is used to solve the Cauchy problem of the perturbed KdV equation.Three types of exact solitary wave solutions are reobtained via the Adomian‘s approach by selcting the initial conditions appropriately.     

A Generalized Algebraic Method for Constructing a Series of Explicit Exact Solutions of a （1＋1）-Dimensional Dispersive Long Wave Equation

Making use of a new and more general ansatz, we present the generalized algebraic method to uniformly construct a series of new and general travelling wave solution for nonlinear partial differential equations. As an application of the method, we choose a (1 1)-dimensional dispersive long wave equation to illustrate the method. As a result, we can successfully obtain the solutions found by the method proposed by Fan [E. Fan, Comput. Phys. Commun. 153 (2003) 17] and find other new and more general solutions at the same time, which include polynomial solutions, exponential solutions, rational solutions, triangular periodic wave solutions, hyperbolic and soliton solutions, Jacobi and Weierstrass doubly periodic wave solutions.     

New Multiple Soliton-like Solutions to （3＋1）-Dimensional Burgers Equation with Variable Coefficients

A new generalized tanh function method is used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations in a unified way. The main idea of this method is to take full advantage of the Riccati equation, which has more new solutions. More new multiple soliton-like solutions are obtained for the (3 1)-dimensional Burgers equation with variable coefficients.     

New Exact Solutions to （2＋1）-Dimensional Dispersive Long Wave Equations

Based upon a further extended tanh method [Phys. Lett. A307 (2003) 269; Chaos, Solitons and Fractals 17 (2003) 669] and the symbolic computation system, Maple, we consider the (2 1)-dimensional dispersive long waveequations. We obtain many new solutions of the equation. These solutions contain solitomlike solutions, periodic form solutions, and some rational solutions.     

Symmetry Analysis and Exact Solutions of （2＋1）-Dimensional Sawada-Kotera Equation

Based on the symbolic computation system Maple, the infinite-dimensional symmetry group of the （2＋1）- dimensional Sawada-Kotera equation is found by the classical Lie group method and the characterization of the group properties is given. The symmetry groups are used to perform the symmetry reduction. Moreover, with Lou＇s direct method that is based on Lax pairs, we obtain the symmetry transformations of the Sawada-Kotera and Konopelchenko Dubrovsky equations, respectively.     

Exact Periodic-Wave Solutions for （2＋1）-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation and（3＋1）-Dimensional KP Equation

The (2 1)-dimensional Boussinesq equation and (3 1)-dimensional KP equation are studied by using the extended Jacobi elliptic-function method. The exact periodic-wave solutions for the two equations are obtained.     

New Types of Travelling Wave Solutions From （2＋l）-Dimensional Davey-Stewartson Equation

In this paper, based on new auxiliary nonlinear ordinary differential equation with a sixtb-aegree nonnneal term, we study the （2＋l ）-dimensional Davey-Stewartson equation and new types of travelling wave solutions are obtained, which include new bell and kink profile solitary wave solutions, triangular periodic wave solutions, and singular solutions. The method used here can be also extended to many other nonlinear partial differential equations.     

Periodic Wave Solutions for （2＋1）-Dimensional Boussinesq Equation and （3＋ 1）-Dimensional Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

For describing various complex nonlinear phenomena in the realistic world, the higher-dimensional nonlinear evolution equations appear more attractive in many fields of physical and engineering sciences. In this paper, by virtue of the Hirota bilinear method and Riemann theta functions, the periodic wave solutions for the （2＋1）-dimensional Boussinesq equation and （3＋1）-dimensional Kadomtsev Petviashvili （KP） equation are obtained. Furthermore, it is shown that the known soliton solutions for the two equations can be reduced from the periodic wave solutions.     

Baeicklund Transformation and Multiple Soliton Solutions for （3＋1）-Dimensional Potential-YTSF Equation

We study an approach to constructing multiple soliton solutions of the (3 1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation. We take the (3 1)-dimensional potential- YTSF equation as an example. Using the extended homogeneous balance method, one can find a Backlund transformation to decompose the (3 1)-dimensional potential-YTSF equation into a set of partial differential equations. Starting from these partial differential equations, some multiple soliton solutions for the (3 1)-dimensional potential-YTSF equation are obtained by introducing a class of formal solutions.     

A Simple Method to Generate Lie Point Symmetry Groups of the （3＋1）-Dimensional Jimbo-Miwa Equation

Taking the (3 1)-dimensional Jimbo-Miwa equation as a simple example, we develop a modified direct method to find symmetry groups and symmetry algebras. Some exact solutions of the model are given by the simple method.     

Generalized and Improved （G＇/G）-Expansion Method Combined with Jacobi Elliptic Equation

In this article, we propose an alternative approach of the generalized and improved （G＇/G）-expansion method and build some new exact traveling wave solutions of three nonlinear evolution equations, namely the Boiti- Leon-Pempinelle equation, the Pochhammer-Chree equations and the Painleve integrable Burgers equation with free parameters. When the free parameters receive particular values, solitary wave solutions are constructed from the traveling waves. We use the Jacob/elliptic equation as an auxiliary equation in place of the second order linear equation. It is established that the proposed algorithm offers a further influential mathematical tool for constructing exact solutions of nonlinear evolution equations.