- 1Department of Mathematics, Art and Sciences Faculty, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey
- 2Independent Researcher, Eskisehir, Turkey
- 3Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Al-Balqa Applied University, Al-Salt, Jordan
- 4Department of Mathematics and Statistics, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
The Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation is an important non-linear reaction–diffusion equation used to model the transmission of nerve impulses. This equation is used in biology as population genetics; the Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation is also frequently used in circuit theory. In this study, we give solutions to the fractional Fitzhugh–Nagumo (FN) equation, the fractional Newell–Whitehead–Segel (NWS) equation, and the fractional Zeldovich equation. We found the exact solutions of these equations by conformable derivatives. We have obtained the exact solutions within the time-fractional conformable derivative for these equations.
1 Introduction
Fractional differential equations (FDEs) are generalizations of known differential equations (ODEs). FPDEs are used effectively in many fields of science [1–4]. These equations are significant models to interpret plasma physics, relativistic physics, quantum mechanics, non-linear optics, etc. So, FPDE studies are getting more and more important. Recent developments and applications in fractional calculus have been discussed by many authors [5–9]. Many fractional models can be converted to a FODE, allowing us to use the power-series technique to find all open-series analytical solutions.
The fractional Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation is an important non-linear reaction–diffusion equation used to model the transmission of nerve impulses. This equation is used in biology as population genetics; the fractional Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation is also frequently used in circuit theory.
There are numerous effective ways to find solutions of PDEs. These methods are the
These equations we deal with in this study are effective equations that play a fundamental role in many phenomena such as plasma physics and optics. The non-linear phenomena of wave happen in different fields such as optical fiber, physics, and biology. It is necessary to gain the exact solutions of such models for the better understanding of non-linear wave phenomena.
In the second part, the conformable derivative is introduced. In the third part, the extended tanh–coth method is given. In the other sections, we found the exact solutions of the (1 + 1) dimensional time-fractional Fitzhugh–Nagumo (FN) equation, the Newell–Whitehead (NW) equation, and the Zeldovich equation via this method.
2 Conformable derivative
Definition 1. The basic limit definition of this derivative is [25]:
Some properties of this derivative are given in [26, 27].
Definition 2. Let g: (0, ∞) → R be a function. The conformable derivative of g for order α is defined by
for all k > 0, α ∈ (0, 1).
Theorem 3. If a function g: [0, ∞) → R is α − differentiable at t0 > 0, α ∈ (0, 1] and g is continuous at t0.
Theorem 4. Let f and g be α − differentiable at a point t > 0, α ∈ (0, 1]:
If g is differentiable,
Non-linear conformable partial differential equations (NCPDEs) with one independent variable are as follows:
The non-linear fPDE (5) can be converted to a non-linear ODE using Eq. 6:
Let us now discuss how we will approach solving the Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation, the Newell–Whitehead equation, and the Zeldovich equation.
3 The extended tanh–coth method
The tanh–coth approach can be summed up as follows in [28]:
The wave variable
u (x, t) = U(ξ) is a traveling wave solution. A non-linear ODE can be converted from the non-linear PDE (9):
From the derivatives of the independent variable Y,
The tanh method can be expressed as follows:
The following is an extension of Eq. 13 [29]:
4 Solutions of the Fitzhugh–Nagumo equation
The FN equation is an important non-linear reaction–diffusion equation used to model the transmission of nerve impulses. Also used in biology as population genetics, this equation is also frequently used in circuit theory, where x is the space variable and t is a time variable.
Since the FN equation is (1 + 1)-dimensional and time-fractional, using the wave variable
where c and v are constants. By balancing (U)3 with U″ in Eq. 16, we obtain the following:
The solution form is as follows:
Here a0 and a1, b1 are arbitrary constants. Eq. 19 is substituted into Eq. 16, and if the coefficients of Y are used to set the system of equations to zero, then
By solving this system of equations, we get the following cases.
Case 1:
Therefore, the exact solution is as follows:
Case 2:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 3:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 4:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 5:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 6:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 7:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 8:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 9:
The exact solution is as follows:
5 Solutions of the Newell–Whitehead equation
If μ = −1 in Eq. 15, the NW equation is obtained by
Using the wave variable
where c and v are constants. By balancing, we obtain
The solution form is as follows:
Here, a0 and a1, b1 are arbitrary constants. Eq. 43 is substituted into Eq. 41, and if the coefficients of Y are used to set the system of algebraic equations to zero, then
By solving this system of equations, we get the following cases.
Case 1:
Therefore, the exact solution is as follows:
Case 2:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 3:
The exact solution is as follows:
6 Solutions of the Zeldovich equation
If μ = 0 in Eq. 15, the Zeldovich equation is obtained:
Using the wave variable
where c and v are constants. From Eq. 52, we obtain
The solution form is as follows:
Here, a0 and a1, b1 are the arbitrary constants. Eq. 55 is substituted into Eq. 52, and if the coefficients of Y are used to set the system of equations to zero, then
By solving this system of equations, we get the following cases.
Case 1:
Therefore, the exact solution is as follows:
Case 2:
The exact solution is as follows:
Case 3:
The exact solution is as follows:
7 Conclusion
In this article, we present the extended tanh–coth method for solving non-linear space–time conformable PDEs. We found the exact and traveling wave solutions of some important space–time fPDEs via the extended tanh–coth method. We know many of the results obtained are new solutions that do not exist in the literature. The hyperbolic and trigonometric function solutions are significant to explain a variety of physical phenomena. This suggests that the extended tanh–coth method is more effective in finding the solutions of non-linear fPDEs. The 3D plots of the acquired solutions are presented by choosing appropriate values to the parameters in Figures 1–4. These are the advantages of the extended tanh–coth method. The offered method can be utilized to assist complicated models applicable to a wide variety of physical situations. We hope that the telecommunications industry and other such forms of waveguides will find this study to be beneficial.
Moreover, we come to the understanding that the newly obtained hyperbolic function and trigonometric function solutions in this study may help explain some complex physical aspects in non-linear physical sciences and are related to such physical properties. In future studies, these approaches can be easily used for other NFDEs, NFDE systems, fractional complex equations, fractional difference equations, etc.
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Author contributions
ACC: Original Draft, Methodology, Validation; AB: Investigation, Supervision, Writing—Review and Editing; OAA: Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing; MA: Original Draft, Validation, Founding acquisition.
Funding
The work in this study was supported, in part, by the Open Access Program from the American University of Sharjah. This study represents the opinions of the authors and does not mean to represent the position or opinions of the American University of Sharjah
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Keywords: exact solutions, conformable derivative, the Fitzhugh-Nagumo equation, solitary wave solution, solitons
Citation: Cevikel AC, Bekir A, Abu Arqub O and Abukhaled M (2022) Solitary wave solutions of Fitzhugh–Nagumo-type equations with conformable derivatives. Front. Phys. 10:1028668. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.1028668
Received: 26 August 2022; Accepted: 06 October 2022;
Published: 26 October 2022.
Edited by:
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