Rational formal solutions of differential-difference equations

In this paper, we study rational formal solutions of differential-difference equations by using a generalized ansätz. With the help of symbolic computation Maple, we obtain many explicit exact solutions of differential-difference equations(DDEs). The solutions contain solitary wave solutions and periodic wave solutions. The (2 + 1)-dimensional Toda lattice equation, relativistic Toda lattice equation and the discrete mKdV equation are chosen to illustrate our algorithm.