Abstract

A method to solve a family of third-order nonlinear ordinary complex differential equations (NLOCDEs) —nonlinear ODEs in the complex plane—by generalizing Prelle–Singer has been developed. The approach that the authors generalized is a procedure of obtaining a solution to a kind of second-order nonlinear ODEs in the real line. Some theoretical work has been illustrated and applied to several examples. Also, an extended technique of generating second and third motion integrals in the complex domain has been introduced, which is conceptually an analog to the motion in the real line. Moreover, the procedures of the method mentioned above have been verified.

1. Introduction

In the last five decades, fascinating methods have been made in identifying nonlinear integrable dynamical systems in the real line. In particular, different methods have been developed or modified to investigate innovative integrable cases and experience the potential dynamics that could be related to the finite-dimensional nonlinear dynamical systems, which is defined on the real numbers [1]. The most extensively mathematical tools that are being used to solve ODEs are Painleve Analysis [1, 2], Direct Method, [3] Lie Symmetry Analysis [1, 4], Noether’s theorem [1, 4], Direct Linearization [5], λ-symmetries, adjoint symmetries, and Jacobi last multiplier technique [6, 7].

Thirty years ago, in the community of DEs, systems of DEs and integrable dynamical systems, Prelle and Singer [8] had made a particularly powerful approach for solving a kind of first-order nonlinear ODEs in the real line, and it obtains a solution which consists of elementary functions on the real line. In the present work, the authors are moving a step forward to generalize one particular method, namely, Prelle–Singer method, and present a related procedure on the complex plane; the authors have generalized a class of nonlinear ODEs [9], in which it has a real interval of definition. Then, they construed a class of (NLOCDE (Nonlinear Ordinary Complex Differential Equations (NLOCDE, where the general solution to the mentioned))) is an algebraic combination of complex elementary functions that are analytic on a particular region in the complex plane.

The central concept of the Prelle–Singer scheme is that if the real addressed system of first-order nonlinear ODEs has a solution that was built from real elementary functions, then this method assures that this solution is going to exist. Earlier in 2001, Duarte et al. published a paper [10], in which they extended the method that had been introduced by Prelle and Singer in 1983 [8] to be relevant for solving the second-order nonlinear ODEs. The instant strategy is based on the assumption, that is, if a complex elementary solution exists for the given second-order nonlinear OCDEs then there exists at least one elementary first integral in the complex domain , in which all its derivatives are complex rational functions of z, , and . Duarte et al. had deduced first integrals for some classes of ODEs for the first time.

Recently, in the literature, there has been a generalization to the theory given in [10], and a solution to a class of nonlinear oscillator equations [11]. Also, there were very early contributions to the subject where solutions of ODEs are constructed as a fraction of functions and the method that is used, roughly speaking, slightly similar to the methods in the literature, as applied mathematics enrichment [12]. In the last work [13], the authors generalized the concept of ODEs and investigated some applications in physics and engineering based on the ideas in [14]. In this paper, the authors enlarged the theory of Duarte that he had presented in [10] and made it applicable on third-order nonlinear OCDEs and procure a relation which attaches complex integrals of motion (integrals in the complex plan) analog with the complex integrating factors. They also illustrated the theory with an example. Furthermore, they showed that one could generate the demanded number of complex integrals of motion (motion integral in the complex plane) analog from the first complex integral of motion. The design of the paper is as follows: in Section 2, authors developed the theory of the extended Prelle–Singer method to make it applicable to the third-order ordinary nonlinear CDEs. In Sections 14, the theoretical definitions have been shown; in Section 5, authors considered an example and constructed complex integrals of motion. In Section 6, a procedure in which one can generate second and third complex integrals of motion from the first integral for a class of equations is described. In Section 7, the theory was verified with the implementations of some examples that were considered. In Section 8, a Hamiltonian system of dispersive water waves has been solved. Finally, the conclusion was located in Section 9.

2. Preliminaries

This section shows fundamental definitions about the differential equations in the complex domain [1519].

Definition 1. A complex differential equation is an equation which contains derivatives of a complex analytic function of one or more independent variables:where are complex dependent variables. The general form of complex differential equations isand it will be called CDE as stands for it, and is the solution for the CDE.

Definition 2. The order of the CDE (CDE stands for complex differential equation) is the highest derivative in that CDE.

Definition 3. The degree of the CDE is the power of the highest derivative in that CDE.

Remark 1. The complex differential equation has two types: ordinary complex differential equations and partial complex differential equations.(1)Ordinary complex differential equations (OCDE’s) have one dependence and one independence complex variables(2)Partial complex differential equations (PCDE’s) have more than one independence complex variable

Remark 2. In this work, the authors concentrate the study on the ordinary complex differential equations.

3. Ordinary Complex Differential Equations

The general form of ordinary complex differential equations is [2022]

Definition 4. The particular solution is a general solution with a specified value for the constant C.

Definition 5. Consider the OCDEs that have the general form [23]Equation (4) is called the linear ordinary complex differential equation when (4) is linear in and its drivatives.

Definition 6. The ordinary complex differential equation is called nonlinear complex differential equation when it is nonlinear [24].

4. Analysis of Prelle–Singer Method for Third-Order OCDEs

Consider the kind of third-order nonlinear OCDEs of the standard form [25]where G and H are polynomials with the constant coefficients in the complex field.

Let’s presume that OCDE (5) concedes the first integral when C is a complex constant in the family solutions. Hence, the total differentiation is

By rephrasing (5) in the schemeand appending null expressions ,to equation (7), we obtain

Thence, on the solutions, equations (6) and (9) must be equivalent. Multiplying equation (9) by the complex factor of integration function , for the CDE (5), we obtainwhere .

Comparing equations (6) with (10), we get the equations

The compatibility conditions , , , and , , between equation (11) equip us with the following:where D is the total differential complex operator:

It should be noted that equations (12)–(17) form an overdetermined system for the undisclosed complex functions, S, F, and R.

Having solved them through substituting the into equations (12) and (13), the output will be a system of CDEs of the unknowns complex functions S and F. By solving the equalisations, one can capture expressions for the null forms S and F. Once F is grasped, then (14) turns to be the determining equation for the function R. Through working out, the latter one can occupy an explicit construction for R. Momentarily, the complex functions , and S have to satisfy the additional constraints (15)–(17).

Nevertheless, as soon as a cooperative solution satisfies every equation that has been gained suddenly, the complex functions , and S fix the first integral by the relationwhere

Equation (19) can be procured straightforwardly via performing integrating to equation (11). Promptly, substitute the expressions of ϕ, R, F, and S into equation (19) and attain the integrals when the related integrals of motion can be gained.

5. Implementation

In this section, we illustrate the theory that had been developed and has been shown in Section 4 [26].

5.1. Example 1
5.1.1. A: Determination of Integration Factors and Null Terms

Consider the following equation:

Substituting into (12)–(14), we obtain

As mentioned in Section 4, first, we have solved system (11) and obtained explicit forms for the functions S and F. We observe that, for this particular example, is a simple solution for equation (22). So, we consider the implication of this solution.

Now substituting into equation (23), we get a first-order differential equation for F, namely,

To find the solution to equation (25), one could approach F of the patternwhere a, b, c, d, e, and f are arbitrary functions of z, , and .

Having substituted equation (26) into (25) and made the coefficients of the same power of vanish, one achieves a family of PCDEe (PCDE stands for Partial Complex Differential Equations) with respect to the variables a, b, c, d, e, and .

By solving, one quickly obtains

Replacing the complex relations and with (24) and working out the latter, one will be able to gain a precise pattern of the complex factor function R.

First, let us consider , and the corresponding equation for R becomes

To solve (28) again, one has to make ansatz. We assume the following form for R, that is,where A, B, C, D, E, and F are arbitrary functions of z, , and .

Now substituting equation (29) into (28) and equating the coefficients of differential power of to zero and solving the resultant equations, we obtain the following expressions for R, namely,

Similarly, replacing the term of into (28) and solving the resultant equation with the same type of ansatz (29), we arrive at

To compile, we reach the subsequent pattern of solutions (with ansatz (27) and (29) for equations (22)–(24)):

At the stage above, we have left three more equations unsolved, that is,

However, one can quickly verify that solution (32) also satisfies extraconstraints (33)–(35). As a result, (32) forms compatible solutions for systems (12)–(17) with given in (21). Finally, we note that, in the above, we considered only a trivial solution for equation (25) and derived the corresponding forms of F and R. However, in the choice , systems (22) and (23) become a coupled equation in the unknowns F and S. To solve this system, as we did previously, let us make an ansatz:in which the coefficients are arbitrary functions in . Substituting equations (36) and (37) in equations (22) and (23) and solving the resultant equations, we arrive atwhich in turn forces R to stay of the form

Expressions (38) and (39) satisfy extraconstraints (33)–(35), so the functionsalso form a compatible solution for equations (12)–(17) with given in (21).

5.1.2. B: Integrals of Motion

The determined functions , , we can go on to determine the related motion integrals, and by substituting the expressions , , into (19) separately and evaluating the integrals, we obtainrespectively. It can easily be checked that , , are constants on the complex solutions, that is, , . From the integrals, , , and , we can deduce the general complex solution for equation (21). For example, solving equation (41) for and substituting into equations (42) and (43), we obtainafter algebraically combining these equations to eliminate, and we obtain a functional relation between and z as

We mention that expression (45) was derived from a different point of view using the generalized factors in [27].

6. Method of Generating Complex Integrals of Motion Analogue

In Section 5, the authors have derived the motion integrals , , by building a sufficient number of integrating factors. Beautifully, one can also generate the needed amount of motion integrals from the first integral itself. For example, for the third-order system that is presented as equation (21), one can create and from itself. In the following work, we are going to illustrate our ideas.

Let us assume there is a first integral for the third-order equation (5) of the form

Let us assume there are two factors to the function in which it can be represented in the structure of two different multiplied complex functions such that one includes a perfect differentiable function and the other function , that is,constructing the complex function as a new dependent variable and the integral of over time as a new independent variable, namely,

One can represent (47) to be exhibited as

Integrating (49), we obtainwhere is an integration constant. In other words,

Rewriting n and m with respect to the old variables and replacing by its explicit form, one can get an exact form for . Interestingly, one can represent the first integral in form (47) in more than one way, say,

7. Applications

To illustrate the abovementioned ideas, we consider the same example (vide equation (21)) discussed in Section 5. In particular, we consider one of the complex integrals and generate the other two through our procedure.

Let us first consider (41), that is,and generate and from (53). Rewriting (53) in form (47), we obtainso that

Integrating (54), we obtain

Rewriting n and m in terms of the old variables exerting expression (55) and replacing by expression (53), we arrive atwhich is exactly similar to the equation we have derived (vide equation (42)) earlier through the Prelle–Singer method.

Now, to generate from , we rewrite the functions in form (47) but with different latter and , namely,so that

Integrating (59), we obtain

Substituting (59) and (53) into (60), we obtainwhich exactly agrees with (43). Similarly, we can derive and from and and from . As the scheme is the same as the one given above in the following, we provide only the essential steps.

Consider as follows:and generate and from the former. Rewrite the above in the form

Moreover, repeating the abovementioned steps, one gets the first integral (41). On the contrary, the expression in the formleads us to the third integral (43).

8. Implementation Arising in Physics

The physical model of describing the dispersive water waves as a system of third-order OCDE is one of the most important implementations of CDEs, and the method of Prelle–Singer plays a significant role to find the integrating factor and eventually the solution of such systems. The physical model finally has the homogeneous nonlinear system [28]:for some H, and B is a Hamiltonian operator of the complex PDEs and

For example, system (66) satisfies a first integral which has the formwhere it is constant on the solutions. So, the total differentiation will be

Then, we can write

By adding the null terms in (69),

Now, multiplying (70) by the integrating factor and (71) by the integrating factor , where and , we get the result aswhere , , , and .

When we compare the abovementioned equations with equation (72), we obtain

By using the conditions, we obtain the determining equations:

When the parts of the solutions , and are found, then the integral can be built by the substitution of all the expressions in (73) and find the integration for the result, that is,where

To determine the integrating factors and , we represent the determining equations (74)–(79) as two equations:where

The determining equations (97) and (98) represents a system of linear of PDEs in and . Substituting the terms and and their derivatives into (97) and (98) and solving them, we can obtain expressions for the integrating factor and . After finding the Rs, the functions (S, U, M, and N) can be fixed through relations (76)–(79). After one finds , , S, U, M, and N, then he has to make sure that they satisfy conditions (80)–(94). So, the set that satisfies equations (74)–(94) will form the wanted solution and the integral which has form (95).

9. Conclusion

In this work, the authors investigated a new method for solving third-order OCDEs through the technique of modified Prelle–Singer. The process was not straightforward for [10] but had some new theoretical aspects that have several advantages. The research illustrated the theory with some implementations. It also introduced a new way of generating second and third complex integrals of motion analog from the first complex integral and demonstrated the idea with the same example that considered previously. The authors solved a system of third-order NLOCDE that arises in physics, precisely in dispersive water waves. The advantage of this work is to find a rational solution to the ordinary nonlinear differential equation in the complex domain and to apply the theories of solving ODEs to the complex plane. As an initial step, extended Prelle–Singer was widened to be applicable on the models in physics and engineering that imply DEs in complex domain as a significant part. In future work, the road will be paved to generalize and investigate the other methods on the complex domain.

Data Availability

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Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.