Application of Trial Equation Method for Solving the Getmanou Equation ()
1. Introduction
Many problems in natural and engineering sciences are modeled by partial differential equations (PDE). Looking for the solutions of the equation, especially the exact solutions, is very important. These exact solutions can describe many important phenomena in physics and other fields and also help physicists to understand the mechanisms of the complicated physical phenomena. Many mathematicians and physicists work in the field, and a variety of powerful methods have been employed to study nonlinear phenomena, such as the inverse scattering transform [1] , the Bäcklund transformation method [2] , the Darboux transformation [3] , the homogeneous balance method [4] , the tanh function method [5] , the exp-function method [6] , the G'/G-expansion method [7] , and so on.
Recently, Professor Liu proposed a powerful method named trial equation method [8] [9] for finding exact solutions to nonlinear differential equations. In this paper, I mainly use Liu’s trial equation method and the theory of complete discrimination system for the fouth-order polynomial [10] -[12] to solve exact solutions of the Getmanou equation which has already been solved based on discrimination system of the fifth-order polynomial by Fan [13] . But as we can see, the solving process is very simple and clear with the trial equation method combined with complete discrimination system for polynomial.
2. Application of Trial Equation Method
The Getmanou equation [12] reads as
(1)
Or equivalently
(2)
Taking the traveling wave transformation 
and
, we can obtain the corresponding ODE
(3)
we take the trial equation as follows
(4)
According to the trial equation method of rank homogeneous equation, balancing 
with 
gets
.
Equation (4) has the following specific form
(5)
From Equation (5), we get
(6)
Substituting Equations (5) and (6) into Equation (3), we have
(7)
where
(8)
Let the coefficient 
be zero, we will yield nonlinear algebraic equations. Solving the equations, we will determine the values of
. We get
(9)
When
, we take transformations as follows
(10)
Then Equation (6) becomes
(11)
where 
is a function of 
and
(12)
When
, we take transformations as follows
(13)
Then Equation (6) becomes
(14)
where 
is a function of 
and
(15)
We write the complete discrimination system for polynomial 
as follows
(16)
Then we consider the following ODE
(17)
where
. Rewrite Equation (17) by integral form as follows
(18)
3. Classification of the Traveling Wave Solutions
According to the complete discrimination system for the fouth order polynomial, we give the corresponding single traveling wave solutions to Equation (1).
Case 1.
, 
,
. Then we have
(19)
where 
and 
are real numbers,
.
When
, we have
(20)
The corresponding solution is
(21)
Case 2.
, 
,
. Then we have
(22)
When
, we have
(23)
The corresponding solution is
(24)
Case 3.
,
,
,
. Then we have
(25)
where 
and 
are real numbers,
.
When 
(i) If 
or
, we have
(26)
The corresponding solution is
(27)
(ii) If
, we have
(28)
The corresponding solution is
(29)
Case 4.
, 
,
. Then we have
(30)
where
, 
, 
are real numbers, and
.
When 
(i) If
, 
or if
, 
, we have
(31)
The corresponding solution is
(32)
(ii) If
, 
or if
, 
, we have
(33)
The corresponding solution is
(34)
(iii) If
, we have
(35)
The corresponding solution is
(36)
When 
(i) If
,
or if
,
, we have the corresponding solution is
(37)
The corresponding solution is
(38)
(ii) If
, 
or if
, 
, we have
(39)
The corresponding solution is
(40)
(iii) If
, we have
(41)
The corresponding solution is
(42)
Case 5.
, 
, 
,
. Then we have
(43)
where 
and 
are real numbers.
When
, if
, 
or if
, 
, we have
(44)
The corresponding solution is
(45)
When
, if
, 
or if
, 
, we have
(46)
The corresponding solution is
(47)
Case 6.
,
. Then we have
(48)
where
,
and 
are real numbers.
When
, we have
(49)
The corresponding solution is
(50)
where
.
Case 7.
, 
,
. Then we have
(51)
where
, 
, 
and 
are real numbers, and
.
When 
(i) If 
or
, we have
(52)
The corresponding solution is
(53)
(ii) If
, we have
(54)
The corresponding solution is
(55)
When 
(i)
, we have
(56)
The corresponding solution is
(57)
(ii)
, we have
(58)
The corresponding solution is
(59)
where
.
Case 8.
,
. Then we have
(60)
where
, 
, 
, 
are real numbers, and
,
.
When
, we have
(61)
The corresponding solution is
(62)
When
, we have
(63)
The corresponding solution is
(64)
where
(65)
We choose 
such that
.
Case 9.
,
. Then we have
(66)
where
, 
, 
, 
are real numbers, and
.
When
, we have
(67)
The corresponding solution is
(68)
where
(69)
In Equations (21) (24) (27) (29) (32) (34) (36) (38) (40) (42) (45) (47) (50) (53) (55) (57) (59) (62) (64) and (68), the integration constant 
has been rewritten, but we still use it. The classifications of all single traveling wave solution to this equation are obtained.
4. Conclusion
In this paper, the trial equation method combined with complete discrimination system for polynomial has been effectively used to solve the Getmanou equation. The obtained results emphasize that the method is completely useful. With the same method, some of other equations can be dealt with.
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the referees for their valuable suggestions.