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Exact Solutions of Fisher and Generalized Fisher Equations with Variable Coefficients

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In this work, we consider a Fisher and generalized Fisher equations with variable coefficients. Using truncated Painlevé expansions of these equations, we obtain exact solutions of these equations with a constraint on the coefficients a(t) and b(t).

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  1. Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Sciences, Ankara University, 06100, Tandoğan-Ankara, Turkey

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Öğün, A., Kart, C. Exact Solutions of Fisher and Generalized Fisher Equations with Variable Coefficients. Acta Mathematicae Applicatae Sinica, English Series 23, 563–568 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10255-007-0395

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