Functionally separable solutions to nonlinear wave equations by group foliation method

We apply functional separation of variables within the approach of the group foliation method to the nonlinear wave equation with variable speed and external force: utt = A(x)(D(u)ux)x + B(x)Q(u), Ax = 0. A classification of these equations admitting functionally separable solutions is performed and the resulting solutions are obtained in explicit form in many cases. © 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.