Special two-soliton solution of the generalized Sine–Gordon equation with a variable coefficient

A new special two-soliton solution to the generalized Sine–Gordon equation with a variable coefficient is constructed analytically, by using the self-similar method and Hirota bilinear method. To construct this special solution, we do not utilize the pairs of one-soliton solutions, as is customarily done when solving the Sine–Gordon equation, but introduce two auxiliary self-similar variables in Hirota’s procedure. We also study features of this solution by choosing different self-similar variables. The results obtained confirm that the behavior of such Sine–Gordon solitons can be easily controlled by the selection of the self-similar variables.