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Introduction
It is well-known that nonlinear partial differential equations (NLPDEs) are extensively used to model many nonlinear physical phenomena of the real world, which can be seen from the number of research papers published in the literature. One such NLPDE is the celebrated Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation [1]
which has applications in nonlinear dynamics, plasma physics and mathematical physics. It is an important equation in scientific fields and in the theory of integrable systems. It describes the unidirectional propagation of long waves of small amplitude and has a lot of applications in a number of physical contexts such as hydromagnetic waves, stratified internal waves, ion-acoustic waves, plasma physics and lattice dynamics [2]. Equation (1) has multiple-soliton solutions and an infinite number of conservation laws and many other physical properties. See for example [3,4,5] and references therein.
Recently focus has shifted to the study of coupled systems of Korteweg-de Vries equations because of their many applications in scientific fields. See for example [5,6,7,8,9].
However, in this work we study the (2+1)-dimensional coupling system with the Korteweg-de Vries equation [2], namely
This system is a (2+1)-dimensional integrable coupling with the Korteweg-de Vries equation, which is associated with non-semisimple matrix Lie algebras. In the references [10] and [11], its Lax pair and bi-Hamiltonian formulation were presented respectively. It should be noted that its bi-Hamiltonian structure is the first example of local bi-Hamiltonian structures, which lead to hereditary recursion operators in (2+1)-dimensions.
Several methods have been developed to find exact solutions of the NLPDEs. Some of these are the homogeneous balance method [12], the ansatz method [13], the inverse scattering transform method [14], the Bäcklund transformation [15], the Darboux transformation [16], the Hirota bilinear method [17], the simplest equation method [18], the (G′/G)–expansion method[19,20], the Jacobi elliptic function expansion method [21], the Kudryashov method [22], the Lie symmetry method [23,24,25,26,27,28].
The outline of the paper is as follows. In Section 2 we determine the travelling wave solutions for the system (2a) using the Lie symmetry method along with the (G′/G)–expansion method. Conservation laws for (2a) are constructed in Section 3 by employing the multiplier approach [26,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37]. Finally concluding remarks are presented in Section 4.
In this section we use Lie symmetry analysis together with the (G′/G)–expansion method to obtain travelling wave solutions of (2a).
Lie point symmetries and symmetry reductions of (2a)
Lie symmetry analysis was introduced by Marius Sophus Lie (1842-1899), a Norwegian mathematician, in the later half of the nineteenth century. He developed the theory of continuous symmetry groups and applied it to the study of geometry and differential equations. This theory contains powerful methods which can be used to obtain exact analytical solutions of differential equations [23,24,25]. The theory is called symmetry groups theory or the classical Lie method of infinitesimal transformations. The symmetry group of a differential equation is the largest local Lie group of transformations of the independent and dependent variables of the differential equation that transforms solutions of the differential equation to other solutions. The symmetry group associated to a differential equation can be obtained by Lie’s infinitesimal criterion of invariance.
The (2+1)-dimensional coupling system with the Korteweg-de Vries equation (2a) is invariant under the symmetry group with the generator
where Γ[3] denotes the third prolongation [23] of the generator (3) and the symbol |(2a) means it is evaluated on equations (2a). The third prolongation Γ[3] is given by
respectively. Expanding (4a) and then splitting on the derivatives of u and v, we obtain the following overdetermined system of linear partial differential equations:
where C1, ⋯, C4 are arbitrary constants and F(y) is an arbitrary function of y. Thus the Lie algebra of infinitesimal symmetries of the system (2a) is spanned by the four vector fields
We now use these Lie point symmetries to find exact solutions of (2a). The linear combination of the three symmetries Γ1, Γ2 and Γ4 with F(y) = 1 provides us with the three invariants
where the prime denotes derivative with respect to z.
Application of the (G′/G)–expansion method
In this section we employ the (G′/G)–expansion method to construct travelling wave solutions of the system of third order ordinary differential equatons (8a). This method was developed by the authors of [19] and has been extensively used by researchers. It assumes the solutions of the system (8a) to be of the form
with λ and μ being arbitrary constants. The homogeneous balance method between the highest order derivative and highest order nonlinear term appearing in (8a) determines the values of M and N. The parameters 𝓐i and 𝓑j, i = 0,1, ⋯, M and j = 0,1, ⋯, N need to be determined. In our case the balancing procedure yields M = 2 and N = 2, so the solutions of the system of ordinary differential equations (8a)
are of the form
Substituting (11) into (8a) and making use of (10), and then collecting all terms with same powers of (G′/G) and equating each coefficient to zero, yields a system of algebraic equations. Solving this system of algebraic equations, using Mathematica, we obtain the following set of values for the constants 𝓐i and 𝓑j, i,j = 0, 1, 2:
Substituting these values of 𝓐i and 𝓑j into the corresponding solutions (11) of ordinary differential equations (5), we obtain the following three types of travelling wave solutions of equation (2a):
When λ2 – 4μ > 0, we obtain the hyperbolic function solutions
where z = x +(α – 1)y – α t, $\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
\delta_{1}=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{\lambda^2-4\mu},
\end{array}$C1 and C2 are arbitrary constants.
When λ2 – 4μ < 0, we obtain the trigonometric function solutions
where z = x +(α – 1)y – α t, $\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
\delta_{2}=\frac{1}{2}\sqrt{4\mu-\lambda^2},
\end{array}$C1 and C2 are arbitrary constants.
When λ2 – 4μ = 0, we obtain the rational solutions
In this section we construct conservation laws for our (2+1)-dimensional coupling system with the Korteweg-de Vries equation (2a). Conservations laws are physical quantities such as mass, momentum, angular momentum, energy, electrical charge, that do not change in the course of time within a physical system. They play a vital role in the solution process of differential equations. They are significant for exploring integrability and for establishing existence, uniqueness and stability of solutions of differential equations. Also conservation laws play an essential role in the numerical integration of partial differential equations, for example, to control numerical errors and they can be used to construct solutions of partial differential equations.
Several methods have been developed by researchers for constructing conservation laws. These include the Noether’s theorem for variational problems, the Laplace’s direct method, the characteristic form method by Stuedel, the multiplier approach, Kara and Mahomed partial Noether approach. The computer software packages for computing conservation laws have also been developed over the past few decades.
Here we use the multiplier method to find conservation laws of the system (2a), namely
holds for all solutions (u(t, x,y); v(t, x,y)) of the system (2a). The vector (T,X,Y) is called the conserved vector of the system (2a).
We look for second-order multipliers Q1 and Q2, that is, Q1 and Q2 depend on t, x, y, u, v and first and second derivatives of u and v. The multipliers Q1 and Q2 of the system (2a) have the property that
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
Q_1 E_1+Q_2 E_2=D_t T + D_x X+D_y Y,
\end{array}$$
for all functions u(t,x,y) and v(t,x,y). The determining equations for the multipliers are obtained by solving the system
respectively. Expanding system (19a) using (20) and (21) yields an overdetermined system of partial differential equations, which after solving with the help of Maple [38], we obtain
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
Q_1=-x \left(\frac{5}{2}{u}^{3}+u u_{xx} -\frac{1}{4} (u_x^{2}-u_{tx})\right) F'_2 \left( y \right) -\left(6 tux+{x}^{2} \right) F'_1 \left( y \right)+vF_4\left( y \right)\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~-x \left( 3\,{u}^{2}+u_{xx} \right) F'_3 \left( y \right) -x u F'_4 \left( y \right)+6\,t u F'_5 \left( y \right) +\frac{15}{2}v{u}^{2}+6tvF_1 \left( y \right)\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~+\frac{1}{4} \left(
\left( 8\,u_{xy}+4\,v_{xx} \right) u+4\,u_{xx}\,v+ \left(-2\,u_{y} -2\,v_{x} \right) u_{x}+u_{ty}+v_{tx} \right) F_2 \left( y \right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~+\frac{1}{4} \left(10\,{u}^{3} +4\,u u_{xx}-{u_{x}}^{2} +u_{tx} \right) F_6 \left( y \right) +\left( 6uv+2\,u_{xy}+v_{xx} \right) F_3 \left( y\right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~+ \left( 3{u}^{2} +u_{xx} \right) F_7
\left( y \right) + \left( 6 tu+ x \right) F_8\left( y \right)+u F_9 \left( y \right)+F_{10} \left( y\right),\\
\displaystyle
Q_2=\frac{1}{4} \left( 10\,{u}^{3}+4\,u u_{xx} -{u_{x}}^{2}+u_{tx}\right) F_2 \left( y \right) + \left( 6tu+x
\right) F_1 \left( y \right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~+ \left( 3{u}^{2}
+u_{xx} \right) F_3 \left( y \right) +F_4 \left( y\right) u+F_5 \left( y \right),\end{array}$$
where Fi, i = 1,⋯, 10 are arbitrary functions of y. As a result the ten conserved vectors are calculated via a homotopy formula [38] and are given by
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
Q_2=\frac{1}{4} \left( 10\,{u}^{3}+4\,u u_{xx} -{u_{x}}^{2}+u_{tx}\right) F_2 \left( y \right) + \left( 6tu+x
\right) F_1 \left( y \right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~+ \left( 3{u}^{2}
+u_{xx} \right) F_3 \left( y \right) +F_4 \left( y\right) u+F_5 \left( y \right),
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_1 = 6\,uvF \left( y \right) t-3\,x F'
\left( y \right) t{u}^{2}-u{x}^{2}F'
\left( y \right) +vF \left( y \right) x
,\\
X_1 = \,3\,{u}^{2}{x}^{2}F' \left( y \right) -x u_xF' \left( y \right) +u_{xx}\,{x}^{2}F' \left( y \right) -2\,u_{xy}\,F \left( y
\right) x-v_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) x\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~\,-12\,uu_{xy}\,F \left( y
\right) t-6\,uv_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) t-6\,vu_{xx}\,F
\left( y \right) t+6\,v_{x}\,u_x\,F \left( y \right) t-6\,vuF
\left( y \right) x\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~\,-3\,u_x^{2}x F' \left( y \right) t+6\,u_x\,u_{y}\,F \left( y \right) t+6\,uu_{xx}\,x F' \left( y
\right) t+F \left( y \right) v_{x}+u_{y}\,F \left( y
\right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~\,-36\,vF \left( y \right) {u}^{2}t+12\,x F' \left( y \right) t{u}^{3}
,\\
\displaystyle
~Y_1 =\, F \left( y \right) u_x-6\,uu_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) t-u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) x-12\,{u}^{3}F \left( y \right) t+3\,{u_{x}}^{2}F \left( y \right) t\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~\,-3\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) x;
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
T_2 =\, \frac{1}{16}F \left( y \right) vu_{xxxx}+\frac{1}{16}F \left( y \right) u u_{ty}+\frac{7}{6}F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}u_{xy}+\frac{1}{4}F \left( y \right)
uu_{xxxy}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) uv_{tx}+\frac{7}{12} F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}v_{xx}+\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) uv_{xxxx}-
\frac{1}{12}\,F \left( y \right) u_x^{2}v+\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) v u_{tx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{5}{8}\,x F' \left( y \right) {u}^{4}+\frac{5}{2}\,vF \left( y \right) {u}^{3}-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y
\right) u_{xxx}\,v_{x}+\frac{1}{16}\,u_{y}\,F \left( y \right) u_{t}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,u_{y}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xxx}-\frac{3}{16}\,u_x\,F
\left( y \right) u_{xxy}+\frac{1}{16}\,u_x\,F \left( y \right)v_{t}-\frac{1}{16}\,u_x\,F \left( y \right) v_{xxx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) u_{t}\,v_{x}-\frac{7}{12} F' \left( y \right) {u}^{2}u_{xx}\,x+\frac{1}{12}\,u{u_{x}}^{2} F' \left( y \right) x-\frac{1}{6}\,uF \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{y}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,u_x\, F' \left( y \right) u_{t}\,x+\frac{1}{16}\,
u_x\, F' \left( y \right) u_{xxx}\,x-\frac{1}{16}\,uu_{tx}\, F' \left( y \right) x\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,uu_{xxxx}\, F' \left( y \right) x+\frac{7}{6}\,vF \left( y
\right) uu_{xx}-\frac{1}{6}\,uF \left( y \right) u_x\,v_{x}
,\\
\displaystyle
X_2 =\, -\frac{3}{16}\,F \left( y \right) uu_{txxy}-\frac{1}{2}\,vu_{xx}^{2}F \left( y
\right) -\frac{1}{8}\,u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) u_{ty}-\frac{1}{8}\,u_{xx}
\,F \left( y \right) v_{tx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{8}\,v_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) u_{tx}-\frac{1}{4}\,u_{xy}\,F \left( y \right) u_{tx}-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y
\right) u_{xxx}\,v_{t}+\frac{1}{8}\,u_{y}\,F \left( y \right)u_{txx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\, F' \left( y \right) u_{t}^{2}x-\frac{3}{16}\,u_{t}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xxy}
+\frac{1}{8}\,u_{t}\,F \left( y \right) v_{t}-\frac{1}{16}\,u_{t}\,F \left( y
\right) v_{xxx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) vu_{txxx}-\frac{1}{16}\,F
\left( y \right) vu_{tt}-\frac{7}{12} F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}u_{ty}-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) u v_{tt}-\frac{7}{12} F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}v_{tx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y \right) u v_{txxx}+\frac{1}{6}\,u_x\, F' \left( y
\right) uu_{t}\,x-5\,{u}^{3}u_{xy}\,F \left( y
\right) +\frac{1}{8}\,F \left( y \right) u_x\,v_{txx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-15\,vF \left( y
\right) {u}^{4}+\frac{1}{4}\,F \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{txy}+\frac{1}{4}\,v_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) u_x^{2}-\frac{5}{2}\,{u}^{3}v_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) +\frac{1}{8}\,v_{x}\,F \left( y \right) u_{txx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+3\,x F' \left( y \right) {u}^{5}+\frac{1}{2}\,u_{xy}\,F \left( y \right) u_x^{2}+\frac{1}{16}\,u_{t} F' \left( y \right) u_{xxx
}\,x-\frac{1}{6}\,uF \left( y \right) u_x\,v_{t}
\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{6}\,F \left( y \right) u_x\,vu_{t}-\frac{7}{6}\,vF \left( y \right) uu_{tx}+\frac{5}{2}\,
{u}^{3}u_{xx} F' \left( y \right)
x-\frac{3}{4}\,u_x^{2} F'
\left( y \right)x{u}^{2}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+\frac{3}{2}\,u_x\,u_{y}\,F \left(
y \right) {u}^{2}+\frac{3}{2}\,v_{x}\,u_x\,F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}-
\frac{7}{2}\,{u}^{2}u_{xx}\,vF \left( y \right) +\frac{3}{2}\,vuF \left( y
\right) u_x^{2}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{4}\,u_{xx}\,u_x^{2} F' \left( y\right) x+\frac{1}{2}\,u_{xx}\,u_{x}\,F \left( y \right) u_{y}+\frac{7}{12}{u}^{2}u_{tx}\,F' \left( y\right) x-2\,u u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xy}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+\frac{1}{2}\,uu_{xx}^{2} F' \left( y \right)x-uu_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) v_{xx}+\frac{1}{2}\,v_{x}\,F \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{xx}-\frac{1}{6}\,u_{y}\,F \left( y \right) uu_{t}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{6}\,u_{t}
\,F \left( y \right) uv_{x}+\frac{1}{8}\,u_{xx}\, F' \left( y\right) xu_{tx}-\frac{1}{8}\,u_{txx} F' \left( y \right) u_x
\,x\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+\frac{1}{16}\,uu_{tt}\, F' \left( y
\right) x+\frac{1}{16}\,uu_{txxx}\,F' \left( y \right) x
,\\
\displaystyle
Y_2 =\, -\frac{7}{12} F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}u_{tx}-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y
\right) uu_{tt}+\frac{1}{8}\,F \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{txx}-\frac{1}{16}
\,F \left( y \right) uu_{txxx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{5}{2}\,{u}^{3}F \left( y \right) u_{xx}+\frac{3}{4}\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) u_x^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\,u_x^{2}
F \left( y \right) u_{xx}-\frac{1}{2}\,uF \left( y \right) u_{xx}^{2}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,u_{t}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xxx}-\frac{1}{8}\,u_{xx}\,F
\left( y \right) u_{tx}-3\,{u}^{5}F \left( y \right) +\frac{1}{16}\,u_{t}^{2}F \left( y \right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{6}\,uF \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{t};
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_3 =\, -x F' \left( y \right) {u}^{3}
+3\,F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}v+F \left( y \right) uu_{xy}+\frac{1}{2}\,F
\left( y \right) uv_{xx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+\frac{1}{2}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xx}\,v-\frac{1}{2}
\,x \left( F' \left( y \right) \right) u u_{xx}
,\\
\displaystyle
X_3 =\, \frac{1}{2}\, \left( F' \left( y \right) \right) u_{xx}^{2}x-2\,u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xy}-u_{xx}\,F
\left( y \right) v_{xx}-\frac{1}{2}\,F \left( y \right) uu_{ty}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-6\,F
\left( y \right) {u}^{2}u_{xy}-\frac{1}{2}\,F \left( y \right) uv_{tx}-
3\,F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}v_{xx}-\frac{1}{2}\,F \left( y \right) v u_{tx}+\frac{9}{2}\,x F' \left( y\right) {u}^{4}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-18\,vF \left( y \right) {u}^{3}+\frac{1}{2}\,u_{y}\,F
\left( y \right) u_{t}+\frac{1}{2}\,u_x\,F \left( y \right) v_{t}+
\frac{1}{2}\,F \left( y \right) u_{t}\,v_{x}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~+3F' \left( y\right) {u}^{2}u_{xx}\,x-\frac{1}{2}\,u_{x} F' \left( y \right) u_{t}\,x+\frac{1}{2}\,uu_{tx}\, F' \left( y
\right) x\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-6\,vF \left( y \right) uu_{xx}
,\\
\displaystyle
Y_3 = \,-3\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) u_{xx}+\frac{1}{2}\,u_x\,F \left( y
\right) u_{t}-\frac{1}{2}\,uF \left( y \right) u_{tx}-\frac{9}{2}\,{u}^{4}F
\left( y \right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{2}\,u_{xx}^{2}F \left( y \right);
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_4 =\, -\frac{1}{2}\,u^2 x F' \left( y \right)
-u v F \left( y \right)
,\\
\displaystyle
X_4 =\, 2\,x F' \left( y \right){u}^{
3}-6\,F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}v-\frac{1}{2}\,xF' \left( y \right) u_x^{2}-2\,F \left( y \right) u u_{xy}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad\,\,\,-F \left( y \right) uv_{xx}+F \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{y}+F \left( y \right) u_x\,v_{x}-F \left( y \right) u_{xx}\,v+x F' \left( y \right) uu_{xx}
,\\
\displaystyle
~Y_4 =-2\,{u}^{3}F \left( y \right) +\frac{1}{2}\,u_x^{2}F \left( y \right) -
uu_{xx}\,F \left( y \right);
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_5 = \, \left( y \right) v+3\,t{u}^{2}F' \left( y
\right)
,\\
\displaystyle
X_5 =\, -6\,uu_{xx}\,tF' \left( y \right) +u_x
\,F' \left( y \right) -2\,F \left( y \right) u_{xy}-F \left( y \right) v_{xx}-6\,F \left( y \right) uv\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-12\,t{u
}^{3}F' \left( y \right) +3\,u_x^{2}tF' \left( y \right)
,\\
\displaystyle
\,Y_5 = \,\,-3\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) -u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right);
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_6 = -\frac{1}{12}\,uF \left( y \right) u_x^{2}+\frac{1}{16}\,uu_{xxxx}\,F
\left( y \right) -\frac{1}{16}\,u_x\,F \left( y \right) u_{xxx}+\frac{7}{12}{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) u_{xx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~\,+\frac{1}{16}\,u_x\,F
\left( y \right) u_{t}+\frac{1}{16}\,uF \left( y \right) u_{tx}+\frac{5}{8}\,{u
}^{4}F \left( y \right)
,\\
\displaystyle
X_6 =\, -\frac{7}{12} F \left( y \right) {u}^{2}u_{tx}-\frac{1}{16}\,F \left( y
\right) uu_{tt}+\frac{1}{8}\,F \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{txx}-\frac{1}{16}
\,F \left( y \right) uu_{txxx}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{5}{2}\,{u}^{3}F \left( y \right) u_{xx}+\frac{3}{4}\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) u_x^{2}+\frac{1}{4}\,u_x^{2}
F \left( y \right) u_{xx}-\frac{1}{2}\,uF \left( y \right) u_{xx}^{2}\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{16}\,u_{t}\,F \left( y \right) u_{xxx}-\frac{1}{8}\,u_{xx}\,F
\left( y \right) u_{tx}-3\,{u}^{5}F \left( y \right) +\frac{1}{16}\,u_{t}^{2}F \left( y \right) \\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{6}\,uF \left( y \right) u_x\,u_{t}
,\\
\displaystyle
~Y_6 =\, 0;
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_7 =\, {u}^{3}F \left( y \right) +\frac{1}{2}\,uu_{xx}\,F \left( y \right),\\
\displaystyle
X_7 = \,-3\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) u_{xx}+\frac{1}{2}\,u_x\,F \left( y
\right) u_{t}-\frac{1}{2}\,uF \left( y \right) u_{tx}-\frac{9}{2}\,{u}^{4}F
\left( y \right)\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~-\frac{1}{2}\,u_{xx}^{2}F \left( y \right)
,\\
\displaystyle
~Y_7 = \,0;
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_8 = \, 3\,t{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) +u_x F \left( y \right),\\
\displaystyle
X_8 = \, F \left( y \right) u_x-6\,uu_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) t-u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right) x-12\,{u}^{3}F \left( y \right) t+3\,u_{x}^{2}F \left( y \right) t\\
\displaystyle
\qquad~~~ -3\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) x
,\\
\displaystyle
~Y_8 = \, 0;
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_9 = \,\frac{1}{2}\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) ,\\
\displaystyle
X_9 =\, -2\,{u}^{3}F \left( y \right) +\frac{1}{2}\,u_x^{2}F \left( y \right) -
uu_{xx}\,F \left( y \right)
,\\
\displaystyle
~Y_9 =\, 0;
\end{array}$$
$$\begin{array}{}
\displaystyle
~T_{10} =\, F \left( y \right) u,\\
\displaystyle
X_{10} =\, -3\,{u}^{2}F \left( y \right) -u_{xx}\,F \left( y \right),\\
\displaystyle
~Y_{10} =\, 0.
\end{array}$$
Remark
Due to the arbitrary functions in the multipliers Q1 and Q2, infinitely many conserved vectors are obtained for the system (2a).
Conclusion
In this paper we studied a (2+1)-dimensional coupling system with the Korteweg-de Vries equation (2a). Lie point symmetries of (2a) were computed and used to reduce the system to a system of ordinary differential equations. This ordinary differential equations system was then solved by employing the (G′/G)–expansion method and as a result travelling wave solutions of (2a) were obtained. The solutions obtained were expressed in the form of hyperbolic functions, trigonometric functions and rational functions. Some of these solutions were plotted. Furthermore, conservation laws for the system (2a) were derived by using the multiplier approach. The significance of conservation laws was explained in the beginning of Section 3.