Abstract
In this work, we construct multi-soliton solutions of the (2+1)-dimensional breaking soliton equation with variable coefficients by using the generalized unified method. We employ this method to obtain double- and triple-soliton solutions. Furthermore, we study the nonlinear interactions between these solutions in a graded-index waveguide. The physical insight and the movement role of the waves are discussed and analyzed graphically for different choices of the arbitrary functions in the obtained solutions. The interactions between the solitons are elastic whether the coefficients of the equation are constants or variables.