Painlevé Analysis, Bäcklund Transformation and Soliton Solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional Variable-coefficient Boussinesq Equation

Variable-coefficient equations can be used to describe certain phenomena when the inhomogeneous media and nonuniform boundaries are taken into consideration. It is meaningful to solve the exact solution of variable-coefficient equations. In this paper, a (2+1)-dimensional variable-coefficient Boussinesq equation is investigated. The integrability is firstly examined by the Painlevé analysis method. Secondly, the Bäcklund transformations, one- and two-soliton solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional variable-coefficient Boussinesq equation are studied by virtue of the Hirota bilinear method. Propagation characteristics and interaction behaviors of the solitons are discussed: (i) soliton shapes and interaction behaviors are affected by the variable coefficients, and (ii) the two-soliton interaction is elastic, and the shape and velocity does not change after the collision, and only the shift changes.