Journal of Applied Mathematics and Stochastic Analysis 
Volume 9 (1996), Issue 1, Pages 77-86
doi:10.1155/S1048953396000081

Painleve analysis of a class of nonlinear diffusion equations

P. Chandrasekaran and E. K. Ramasami

Bharathiar University, Department of Mathematics, Coimbatore 641046, India

Received 1 October 1994; Revised 1 October 1995

Abstract

We study the Painleve analysis for a class of nonlinear diffusion equations. We find that in some cases it has only the conditional Painleve property and in other cases, just the Painleve property. We also obtained special solutions.