Bäcklund transformations for a matrix second Painlevé equation

Higher-order Painlevé equations are a topic of much current interest. Here we are interested in deriving auto-Bäcklund transformations for one particular kind of higher-order Painlevé equation, namely, a matrix Painlevé equation. The extension of a recently derived approach to deal with the matrix second Painlevé equation considered here represents a further demonstration of that approach's efficacy.     

Similarity solution and lie symmetry for a coupled nonlinear system

The Lie point symmetries of a set of coupled nonlinear partial differential equations are considered. The system is an extended version of the usual nonlinear Schrödinger equation. In the similarity variable deduced from the symmetry analysis, the system is equivalent to the Painlevé III in Ince's classification. By starting from a solution of the Painlevé equation, one can reproduce various classes of solutions of the original PDEs. Such solutions include both rational and progressive types or a combination of the two.     

Integrability analysis of a conformal equation in relativity

In 1987 C. C. Dyer, G. C. McVittie, and L. M. Oattes derived the (two) field equations for shear-free, spherically symmetric perfect fluid spacetimes which admit a conformai symmetry. We use the techniques of the Lie and Painlevé analyses of differential equations to find solutions of these equations. The concept of a pseudo-partial Painlevé property is introduced for the first time which could assist in finding solutions to equations that do not possess the Painlevé property. The pseudo-partial Painlevé property throws light on the distinction between the classes of solutions found independently by P. Havas and M. Wyman. We find a solution for all values of a particular parameter for the first field equation and link it to the solution of the second equation. We indicate why we believe that the first field equation cannot be solved in general. Both techniques produce similar results and demonstrate the close relationship between the Lie and Painlevé analyses. We also show that both of the field equations of Dyeret al. may be reduced to the same Emden-Fowler equation of index two.     

Painlevé analysis,conservation laws,and symmetry of perturbed nonlinear equations

We consider the Lie-Backlund symmetries and conservation laws of a perturbed KdV equation and NLS equation. The arbitrary coefficients of the perturbing terms can be related to the condition of existence of nontrivial LB symmetry generator. When the perturbed KdV equation is subjected to Painlevé analysisa la Weiss, it is found that the resonance position changes compared to the unperturbed one. We prove the compatibility of the overdetermined set of equations obtained at the different stages of recursion relations, at least for one branch. All other branches are also indicated and difficulties associated them are discussed considering the perturbation parameter to be small. We determine the Lax pair for the aforesaid branch through the use of Schwarzian derivative. For the perturbed NLS equation we determine the conservation laws following the approach of Chen and Liu. From the recurrence of these conservation laws a Lax pair is constructed. But the Painlevé analysis does not produce a positive answer for the perturbed NLS equation. So here we have two contrasting examples of perturbed nonlinear equations: one passes the Painlevé test and its Lax pair can be found from the analysis itself, but the other equation does not meet the criterion of the Painlevé test, though its Lax pair is found in another way.     

Remarks on the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation and the Painlevé tests

It is shown that the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation does not satisfy the necessary conditions of the Painlevé conjecture to be solvable by inverse scattering since it is reducible to an ordinary differential equation which has a movable logarithmic branch point and so is not of Painlevé type.     

Lax pair representation and Darboux transformation of noncommutative Painlevé’s second equation

Extension of the Painlevé equations to noncommutative spaces has been extensively investigated in the theory of integrable systems. An interesting topic is the exploration of some remarkable aspects of these equations, such as the Painlevé property, the Lax representation and the Darboux transformation, and their connection to well-known integrable equations. This paper addresses the Lax formulation, the Darboux transformation and a quasideterminant solution of the noncommutative form of Painlevé’s second equation introduced by Retakh and Rubtsov [V. Retakh, V. Rubtsov, Noncommutative Toda chain, Hankel quasideterminants and Painlevé II equation, J. Phys. A Math. 43 (2010) 505204].     

Nonlinear nonautonomous discrete dynamical systems from a general discrete isomonodromy problem

Nonlinear nonautonomous discrete dynamical systems (DDS) whose continuum limits are the well-known Painlevé equations, have recently arisen in models of quantum gravity. The Painlevé equations are believed integrable because each is the isomonodromy condition for an associated linear differential equation. However, not every DDS with an integrable continuum limit is necessarily integrable. Which of the many discrete versions of the Painlevé equations inherit their integrability is not known. How to derive all their integrable discrete versions is also not known. We provide a systematic method of attacking these questions by giving a general discrete isomonodromy problem. Discrete versions of the first and second Painlevé equations are deduced from this general problem.     

Complex oscillator and Painlevé IV equation

Supersymmetric quantum mechanics is a powerful tool for generating exactly solvable potentials departing from a given initial one. In this article the first- and second-order supersymmetric transformations will be used to obtain new exactly solvable potentials departing from the complex oscillator. The corresponding Hamiltonians turn out to be ruled by polynomial Heisenberg algebras. By applying a mechanism to reduce to second the order of these algebras, the connection with the Painlevé IV equation is achieved, thus giving place to new solutions for the Painlevé IV equation.     

Analytical study of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with an arbitrary linear time-dependent potential in quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates

Under investigation in this paper is a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with an arbitrary linear time-dependent potential, which governs the soliton dynamics in quasi-one-dimensional Bose-Einstein condensates (quasi-1DBECs). With Painlevé analysis method performed to this model, its integrability is firstly examined. Then, the distinct treatments based on the truncated Painlevé expansion, respectively, give the bilinear form and the Painlevé-Bäcklund transformation with a family of new exact solutions. Furthermore, via the computerized symbolic computation, a direct method is employed to easily and directly derive the exact analytical dark- and bright-solitonic solutions. At last, of physical and experimental interests, these solutions are graphically discussed so as to better understand the soliton dynamics in quasi-1DBECs.     

Invertible point transformations,Painlevé test,and the second Painlevé transcendent

The techniques of invertible point transformations and the Painlevé analysis can be used to construct integrable ordinary differential equations. We compare both techniques for the second Painlevé transcendent.     

Viscous shocks in Hele-Shaw flow and Stokes phenomena of the Painlevé I transcendent

In Hele-Shaw flows at vanishing surface tension, the boundary of a viscous fluid develops cusp-like singularities. In recent papers Lee et al. (2009, 2008) [8] and [9] we have showed that singularities trigger viscous shocks propagating through the viscous fluid. Here we show that the weak solution of the Hele-Shaw problem describing viscous shocks is equivalent to a semiclassical approximation of a special real solution of the Painlevé I equation. We argue that the Painlevé I equation provides an integrable deformation of the Hele-Shaw problem which describes flow passing through singularities. In this interpretation shocks appear as Stokes level-lines of the Painlevélinear problem.     

The Painlevé Property for Quasihomogenous Systems and a Many-Body Problem in the Plane

We investigate a many-body problem in the plane introduced by Calogero and intensively studied by Calogero, Françoise and Sommacal. An ad hoc complexification transforms the many-body problem to a system of second order autonomous complex equations depending on some complex constants that describe the two-body interactions. We investigate the sets of two-body interaction constants that make the complexified equation have the Painlevé Property, this is, its solutions are given by single-valued meromorphic functions. In this case the original system has only periodic isochronous solutions. We exhibit a family of settings where the system displays this property and show that it is not present in the three- and four-body problems that do not fall within our class. For this, we introduce a necessary condition for the presence of the Painlevé Property in some quasihomogenous systems.     

Quadratic transformations for the sixth Painlevé equation

A new type of transformation is found for the Painlevé six equation which can be considered as an analog of the well-known quadratic transformations for hypergeometric functions.     

On the Critical Behavior, the Connection Problem and the Elliptic Representation of a Painlevé VI Equation

In this paper we find a class of solutions of the sixth Painlevé equation appearing in the theory of WDVV equations. This class covers almost all the monodromy data associated to the equation, except one point in the space of the data. We describe the critical behavior close to the critical points in terms of two parameters and we find the relation among the parameters at the different critical points (connection problem). We also study the critical behavior of Painlevé transcendents in the elliptic representation.     

New coupled Liouville system: Prolongation structure,soliton solution,and complete integrability

We suggest a new coupled Liouville equation which is exactly solvable. We obtain the Lax pair through a prolongation analysis and also obtain the exact one-soliton-like solution by a direct procedure. We confirm our result through a Painlevé analysis of the similarity reduced systems.     

On a hierarchy of nonlinear dynamical systems and Painlevé test

A hierarchy of nonlinear dynamical systems is studied applying the Painlevé test. An interesting connection between a reduced self-dual Yang-Mills equation and a reduced Yang-Mills equation is given.     

Schlesinger transforms for the discrete painlevé IV equation

We derive an auto-Bäcklund transformation for the discrete Painlevé IV equation and use it in order to derive Schlesinger transformations for the same equation as well as particular solutions in perfect analogy to the continuous case.     

Painlevé analysis for a nonlinear schrödinger equation in three dimensions

A Painlevé analysis is performed for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in (2+1) dimensions following the methodology of Weiss et al. simplified in the sense of Kruskal. At least for one branch it is found that the required number of arbitrary functions (as demanded by the Cauchy-Kovalevskaya theorem) exists, signalling complete integrability.