New insights into singularity analysis

Abstract

Abstract In this work, we emphasize the use of singularity analysis in obtaining analytic solutions for equations for which standard Lie point symmetry analysis fails to make any lucid decision. We study the higher-dimensional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili, Boussinesq, and Kaup–Kupershmidt equations in a more general sense. With higher-order equations, there can be a commensurate number of resonances and when consistency for the full equation is examined at each resonance the constant of integration is supposed to vanish from the expression so that it remains arbitrary, but if there is an instance of this not happening, the consistency can be partially established by giving the offending constant the value from the defining equation. If consistency is otherwise not compromised, the equation can be said to be partially integrable, i.e., integrable on a surface of the complex space. Furthermore, we propose an approach that is meant to magnify the scope of singularity analysis for equations admitting higher values for resonances or positive leading-order exponent.