APPLICATION OF THE EXP-FUNCTION METHOD TO THE GENERALIZED BURGER’S-FISHER EQUATION

Ya-Hong Hu (P. R. Chiana), Zheng-Yi Ma (P. R. Chiana) and Jia-Ming Zhu (P. R. Chiana)

Received March 6, 2008

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Keywords and phrases: the generalized Burger’s-Fisher equation, the Exp-function method, the exact solutions.