Lie symmetry analysis, optimal system and exact solutions of variable-coefficients Sakovich equation

In this paper, the Sakovich equation is extended for the first time to a new equation with variable-coefficients on the time variable. The infinitesimal generators are obtained by performing a Lie symmetry analysis of the equation. Following this, the optimal system of one-dimensional subalgebras of the equation is analyzed. The (2+1)-dimensional variable-coefficients Sakovich equation is then reduced to (1+1)-dimensional partial differential equations by similarity reductions. The reduced partial differential equations are simplified to ordinary differential equations by the traveling wave transform. The new periodic wave solution and two-soliton interaction solution are obtained, and some exact solutions are obtained using the extended tanh-function method and the extended sech-function method. Finally, different types of soliton solutions are obtained by assigning different functions to the coefficient functions, and 3-dimensional figures are used to visualize the structural features of the soliton solutions. •This paper presents the new extended equation for Sakovich with variable coefficients for the first time.•Give out the new optimal system and some new exact solutions of variable coefficients Sakovich equation.•The 3D images of variable coefficients Sakovich equation with different coefficient functions are drawn.