Decomposition solutions and Bäcklund transformations of the BKP and CKP equations

Abstract

In this paper, we define the modified formal variable separation approach and show how it determines, in a remarkably simple manner, the decomposition solutions, the Bäcklund transformations, the Lax pair, and the linear superposition solution of the B-type Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation. Also, the decomposition solutions, the Bäcklund transformation and the Lax pair relating to the C-type Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation is obtain by the same technique. This indicates that the decomposition may provide a description of integrable behavior in nonlinear systems, while, at the same time, establishing an efficient method for determining relationships between the particular systems.