Solitons and breather waves for a (2+1)-dimensional Sawada–Kotera equation

Abstract

Under investigation in this letter is a (2[Formula: see text]+[Formula: see text]1)-dimensional Sawada-Kotera equation. With the aid of the bilinear forms derived from the Bell polynomials, the Nth-order soliton solutions are obtained via the Pffafian method, and breather solutions are derived with the ansätz method. Analytic solutions obtained via the Pffafian method are the bell-type solitons. Two different kinds of the homoclinic breathers are seen, one of which is real and the other of which is complex, with two breathers interacting with each other. Homoclinic breather wave can evolve periodically along a straight line with a certain angle with the x axis and y axis, and its velocity, amplitude and width remain unchanged during the propagation. Homoclinic breather wave is not only space-periodic but also time-periodic. Interaction between the two breathers is elastic, which is similar to that of the solitons.