On the Solutions of the b-Family of Novikov Equation

In this paper, we study the symmetric travelling wave solutions of the b-family of the Novikov equation. We show that the b-family of the Novikov equation can provide symmetric travelling wave solutions, such as peakon, kink and smooth soliton solutions. In particular, the single peakon, two-peakon, stationary kink, anti-kink, two-kink, two-anti-kink, bell-shape soliton and hat-shape soliton solutions are presented in an explicit formula.