Residual symmetry and interactions between solitons and periodic waves of the Drinfeld-Sokolov-Satsuma-Hirota system

Abstract In this paper, the Drinfeld-Sokolov-Satsuma-Hirota (DSSH) system is studied by using residual symmetry and consistent Riccati expansion (CRE) method, respectively. The residual symmetry of the DSSH system is localized to a Lie point symmetry in a properly prolonged system, based on which we get a new Bäcklund transformation for this system. New symmetry reduction solutions of the DSSH system are obtained by applying the classical Lie group approach on the prolonged system. Moreover, the DSSH system is proved to be CRE integrable and new interesting interaction solutions between solitons and periodic waves are generated and analyzed.