On exact solutions and soliton nature of potential Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation using Lie symmetry approach
摘要
This research endeavours to analyse the symmetry reductions and exact solutions of the potential Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (PKP) equation by employing the similarity transformations method (STM), that relies on Lie group theory. The PKP equation delineates the dynamics of two-dimensional, finite-amplitude wave events that occur in plasma physics, hydrodynamics, and solid-state systems. The STM is consistently utilised to obtain similarity reductions of the PKP equation maintaining its invariance under continuous one-parameter Lie group transformations. Therefore, the reductions in the number of independent variables by enforcing the invariance of the governing equation under infinitesimal modifications and the test equation is converted into a system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs). The exact solutions of the resultant ODEs are subsequently derived under specific parametric conditions. The resultant solutions encompass arbitrary constants and functions