Trial equation method and its applications to nonlinear evolution equations
试探方程法及其在非线性发展方程中的应用

A new method, that is, trial equation method, was given to obtain the exact trav eling wave solutions for nonlinear evolution equations. As an example, a class o f fifth-order nonlinear evolution equations was discussed. Its exact traveling w ave solutions, which included rational form solutions, solitary wave solutions, triangle function periodic solutions, polynomial type Jacobian elliptic function periodic solutions and fractional type Jacobian elliptic function periodic solu tions, were given.