Table 1 Comparison of soliton types and methods.

From: Optical soliton solutions, dynamical and sensitivity analysis for fractional perturbed Gerdjikov–Ivanov equation

Types of soliton

Sardar sub-equation method

Generalized unified method

Ex-function method51

W-type

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Periodic

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