The Wronskian technique for nonlinear evolution equations

The investigation of the exact traveling wave solutions to the nonlinear evolution equations plays an important role in the study of nonlinear physical phenomena. To understand the mechanisms of those physical phenomena, it is necessary to explore their solutions and properties. The Wronskian technique is a powerful tool to construct multi-soliton solutions for many nonlinear evolution equations possessing Hirota bilinear forms. In the process of utilizing the Wronskian technique, the main difficulty lies in the construction of a system of linear differential conditions, which is not unique. In this paper, we give a universal method to construct a system of linear differential conditions. (paper)