Nonlocal symmetries, Bäcklund transformation and interaction solutions for the integrable Boussinesq equation

The nonlocal symmetry of the integrable Boussinesq equation is derived by the truncated Painlevé method. The nonlocal symmetry is localized to the Lie point symmetry by introducing auxiliary-dependent variables and the finite symmetry transformation related to the nonlocal symmetry is presented. The multiple nonlocal symmetries are obtained and localized base on the linear superposition principle, then the determinant representation of the [Formula: see text]th Bäcklund transformation is provided. The integrable Boussinesq equation is also proved to be consistent tanh expansion (CTE) form and accurate interaction solutions among solitons and other types of nonlinear waves are given out analytically and graphically by the CTE method. The associated structure may be related to large variety of real physical phenomena.