NONLINEAR DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS OF THE FRACTIONAL (3+1)-DIMENSIONAL MODIFIED ZAKHAROV–KUZNETSOV EQUATION

Abstract

This paper derives a new fractional (3+1)-dimensional modified Zakharov–Kuznetsov equation based on the conformable fractional derivative for the first time. Some new types of the fractal traveling wave solutions are successfully constructed by applying a novel approach which is called the fractal semi-inverse variational method. To our knowledge, the obtained results are all new and have not reported in the other literature. In addition, the dynamic characteristics of the different solutions on the fractal space are discussed and presented via the 3D plots, 2D contour and 2D curves. It can be found that: (1) The fractal order can not only affect the peak value of the fractal traveling waves, but also affect the wave structures, that is, the smaller the fractional order value is, the more curved the waveform is, and the slower waveform changes. (2) In the fractal space, the fractal wave keeps its shape unchanged in the process of the propagation and still meets the energy conservation. The methods in this paper can be used to study the other fractal PDEs in the physics, and the findings are expected to bring some new thinking and inspiration toward the fractal theory in physics.