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Exact solution of certain time fractional nonlinear partial differential equations

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Given a time fractional nonlinear partial differential equation, we show how to derive its exact solution using invariant subspace method. This has been illustrated through time fractional diffusion convection equation, time fractional nonlinear dispersive Boussinesq equation, time fractional reaction diffusion equation of second order, time fractional thin-film equation, and time fractional quadratic wave equation. Also, we explicitly shown that time fractional nonlinear partial differential equations admit more than one invariant subspaces which in turn helps to derive more than one exact solution.

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The authors wish to thank the anonymous referees for their constructive suggestions. One of the authors (P.P) would like to thank the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, for providing financial support in the form of Project fellow through Ramanujan Institute for Advanced Study in Mathematics, University of Madras, Chennai.

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Sahadevan, R., Prakash, P. Exact solution of certain time fractional nonlinear partial differential equations. Nonlinear Dyn 85, 659–673 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11071-016-2714-4

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