TY - JOUR AB - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the homoclinic breathe-wave solutions and the singular periodic solutions for (2 + 1)-dimensional generalized shallow water wave (GSWW) equation.Design/methodology/approach The Hirota bilinear method, the Lie symmetry method and the non-Lie symmetry method are applied to the (2 + 1)D GSWW equation.Findings A reduced (1 + 1)D potential KdV equation can be derived, and its soliton solutions are also presented.Research limitations/implications As a typical nonlinear evolution equation, some dynamical behaviors are also discussed.Originality/value These results are very useful for investigating some localized geometry structures of dynamical behaviors and enriching dynamical features of solutions for the higher dimensional systems. VL - 29 IS - 3 SN - 0961-5539 DO - 10.1108/HFF-08-2018-0436 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/HFF-08-2018-0436 AU - Xiaorong Kang AU - Daquan Xian PY - 2018 Y1 - 2018/01/01 TI - Homoclinic breather-wave and singular periodic wave for a (2 + 1)D GSWW equation T2 - International Journal of Numerical Methods for Heat & Fluid Flow PB - Emerald Publishing Limited SP - 1000 EP - 1009 Y2 - 2024/05/04 ER -