Nonlocal Symmetry and Explicit Solution of the Alice-Bob Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equation

Nonlocal symmetry and explicit solution of the integrable Alice-Bob modified Korteweg-de Vries (ABmKdV) equation is discussed, which has been established by the aid of the shifted parity and delayed time reversal to describe two-place events. Based on the Lax pair which contains the two-order partial derivative, the Lie symmetry group method is successfully applied to find the exact invariant solution for the AB-mKdV equation with nonlocal symmetry by introducing one suitable auxiliary variable. Meanwhile, based on the prolonged system, the explicit analytic interaction solutions related to some specific functions are derived. Figures show the physical phenomenon, that is, "the shifted parity and delayed time reversal to describe two-place events".     

Nonlocal Symmetry and Explicit Solution of the Alice-Bob Modified Korteweg-de Vries Equation

Nonlocal symmetry and explicit solution of the integrable Alice-Bob modified Korteweg-de Vries(ABm Kd V) equation is discussed, which has been established by the aid of the shifted parity and delayed time reversal to describe two-place events. Based on the Lax pair which contains the two-order partial derivative, the Lie symmetry group method is successfully applied to find the exact invariant solution for the AB-m Kd V equation with nonlocal symmetry by introducing one suitable auxiliary variable. Meanwhile, based on the prolonged system, the explicit analytic interaction solutions related to some specific functions are derived. Figures show the physical phenomenon, that is, "the shifted parity and delayed time reversal to describe two-place events".     

Discrete symmetries and nonlocal reductions

We show that nonlocal reductions of systems of integrable nonlinear partial differential equations are the special discrete symmetry transformations.     

Soliton interactions and asymptotic state analysis in a discrete nonlocal nonlinear self-dual network equation of reverse-space type

We propose a reverse-space nonlocal nonlinear self-dual network equation under special symmetry reduction,which may have potential applications in electric circuits.Nonlocal infinitely many conservation laws are constructed based on its Lax pair.Nonlocal discrete generalized(m,N?m)-fold Darboux transformation is extended and applied to solve this system.As an application of the method,we obtain multi-soliton solutions in zero seed background via the nonlocal discrete N-fold Darboux transformation and rational solutions from nonzero-seed background via the nonlocal discrete generalized(1,N?1)-fold Darboux transformation,respectively.By using the asymptotic and graphic analysis,structures of one-,two-,three-and four-soliton solutions are shown and discussed graphically.We find that single component field in this nonlocal system displays unstable soliton structure whereas the combined potential terms exhibit stable soliton structures.It is shown that the soliton structures are quite different between discrete local and nonlocal systems.Results given in this paper may be helpful for understanding the electrical signals propagation.     

Fifth-Order Alice-Bob Systems and Their Abundant Periodic and Solitary Wave Solutions*

The study on the nonlocal systems is one of the hot topics in nonlinear science. In this paper, the well-known fifth-order integrable systems including the Sawada-Kotera (SK) equation, the Kaup-Kupershmidt (KK) equation and the fifth-order Koterweg-de Vrise (FOKdV) equation are extended to a generalized two-place nonlocal form, the generalised fifth-order Alice-Bob system. The Lax integrability of two sets of Alice-Bob systems for all the SK, KK and FOKdV type systems are explicitly given via matrix Lax pairs. The $\hat{P}\hat{T}$ symmetry breaking and symmetry invariant periodic and solitary waves for one set of nonlocal SK, KK and FOKdV system are investigated via a special travelling wave solution ansatz.     

Nonlocal symmetry constraints and exact interaction solutions of the (2+1) dimensional modified generalized long dispersive wave equation

In this paper, nonlocal symmetry of the (2+1) dimensional modified generalized long dispersive wave system and its applications are investigated. The nonlocal symmetry related to the eigenfunctions in Lax pairs is derived, and infinitely many nonlocal symmetries are obtained. By introducing three potentials, the prolongation is found to localize the given nonlocal symmetry. Various finite-and infinite-dimensional integrable models are constructed by using the nonlocal symmetry constraint method. Moreover, applying the general Lie symmetry approach to the enlarged system, the finite symmetry transformation and similarity reductions are computed to give novel exact interaction solutions. In particular, the explicit soliton-cnoidal wave solution is obtained for the modified generalized long dispersive wave system, and it can be reduced to the two-dark-soliton solution in one special case.     

Mixed Local-Nonlocal Vector Schrödinger Equations and Their Breather Solutions

To the best of our knowledge, all nonlinearities in the known nonlinear integrable systems are either local or nonlocal. A natural problem is whether there exist some nonlinear integrable systems with both local and nonlocal nonlinearities, and how to solve this kinds of spectral nonlinear integrable systems with both local and nonlocal nonlinearities. Recently, some novel mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations are presented, which are different from the single local and nonlocal coupled Schrödinger equation. We investigate the Darboux transformation of mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations with a spectral problem. Starting from a special Lax pairs, the mixed localnonlocal vector Schrödinger equations are constructed. We obtain the one- and two- and N-soliton solution formulas of the mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations with N-fold Darboux transformation. Based on the obtained solutions, the propagation and interaction structures of these multi-solitons are shown, the evolution structures of the one-solitons are exhibited, the overtaking elastic interactions among the two-breather solitons are considered. We find that unlike the local and nonlocal cases, the mixed local-nonlocal vector Schrödinger equations have some novel results. The results in this paper might be helpful for understanding some physical phenomena described in plasmas.     

Infinitely many nonlocal symmetries and nonlocal conservation laws of the integrable modified KdV-sine-Gordon equation

Nonlocal symmetries related to the Bäcklund transformation (BT) for the modified KdV-sine-Gordon (mKdV-SG) equation are obtained by requiring the mKdV-SG equation and its BT form invariant under the infinitesimal transformations. Then through the parameter expansion procedure, an infinite number of new nonlocal symmetries and new nonlocal conservation laws related to the nonlocal symmetries are derived. Finally, several new finite and infinite dimensional nonlinear systems are presented by applying the nonlocal symmetries as symmetry constraint conditions on the BT.     

Nonlocal symmetries and conservation laws of the Sinh-Gordon equation

Nonlocal symmetries of the (1+1)-dimensional Sinh-Gordon (ShG) equation are obtained by requiring it, together with its Bäcklund transformation (BT), to be form invariant under the infinitesimal transformation. Naturally, the spectrum parameter in the BT enters the nonlocal symmetries, and thus through the parameter expansion procedure, infinitely many nonlocal symmetries of the ShG equation can be generated accordingly. Making advantages of the consistent conditions introduced when solving the nonlocal symmetires, some new nonlocal conservation laws of the ShG equation related to the nonlocal symmetries are obtained straightforwardly. Finally, taking the nonlocal symmetries as symmetry constraint conditions imposing on the BT, some new finite and infinite dimensional nonlinear systems are constructed.     

CTE Solvability,Nonlocal Symmetry and Explicit Solutions of Modified Boussinesq System

A consistent tanh expansion (CTE) method is used to study the modified Boussinesq equation. It is proved that the modified Boussinesq equation is CTE solvable. The soliton-cnoidal periodic wave is explicitly given by a nonanto-BT theorem. Furthermore, the nonlocal symmetry for the modified Boussinesq equation is obtained by the Painlevé analysis. The nonlocal symmetry is localized to the Lie point symmetry by introducing one auxiliary dependent variable. The finite symmetry transformation related with the nonlocal symemtry is obtained by solving the initial value problem of the prolonged systems. Thanks to the localization process, many interaction solutions among solitons and other complicated waves are computed through similarity reductions. Some special concrete soliton-cnoidal wave interaction behaviors are studied both in analytical and graphical ways.     

Invariant interaction solutions for a supersymmetric mKdV equation

The bosonic supersymmetric modified KdV (BSmKdV) system is obtained by the bosonization approach. The nonlocal symmetry for the BSmKdV equation is obtained by the truncated Painlevé method. By introducing multiple new fields, the finite symmetry transformation for the BSmKdV equation is derived by applying Lie’s first principle to the prolonged systems. The similarity reductions related to the nonlocal symmetry are studied. The interaction solutions among the solitons and other complicated waves, including Painlevé II waves and periodic cnoidal waves, are presented through the reduction theorems. The concrete soliton-cnoidal interaction solutions are illustrated in detail by using the mapping and deformation method.     

Nonlocal Symmetries and Interaction Solutions for Potential Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

The nonlocal symmetry for the potential Kadomtsev-Petviashvili(pKP)equation is derived by the truncated Painleve analysis.The nonlocal symmetry is localized to the Lie point symmetry by introducing the auxiliary dependent variable.Thanks to localization process,the finite symmetry transformations related with the nonlocal symmetry are obtained by solving the prolonged systems.The inelastic interactions among the multiple-front waves of the pKP equation are generated from the finite symmetry transformations.Based on the consistent tanh expansion method,a nonauto-B(a|¨)cklund transformation(BT)theorem of the pKP equation is constructed.We can get many new types of interaction solutions because of the existence of an arbitrary function in the nonauto-BT theorem.Some special interaction solutions are investigated both in analytical and graphical ways.     

Conservative, unconditionally stable discretization methods for Hamiltonian equations, applied to wave motion in lattice equations modeling protein molecules

A new approach is described for generating exactly energy-momentum conserving time discretizations for a wide class of Hamiltonian systems of DEs with quadratic momenta, including mechanical systems with central forces; it is well-suited in particular to the large systems that arise in both spatial discretizations of nonlinear wave equations and lattice equations such as the Davydov System modeling energetic pulse propagation in protein molecules. The method is unconditionally stable, making it well-suited to equations of broadly “Discrete NLS form”, including many arising in nonlinear optics.Key features of the resulting discretizations are exact conservation of both the Hamiltonian and quadratic conserved quantities related to continuous linear symmetries, preservation of time reversal symmetry, unconditional stability, and respecting the linearity of certain terms. The last feature allows a simple, efficient iterative solution of the resulting nonlinear algebraic systems that retain unconditional stability, avoiding the need for full Newton-type solvers. One distinction from earlier work on conservative discretizations is a new and more straightforward nearly canonical procedure for constructing the discretizations, based on a “discrete gradient calculus with product rule” that mimics the essential properties of partial derivatives.This numerical method is then used to study the Davydov system, revealing that previously conjectured continuum limit approximations by NLS do not hold, but that sech-like pulses related to NLS solitons can nevertheless sometimes arise.     

低维非线性系统的一般多线性变量分离方法和局域激发模式

基于Bcklund变换的多线性变量分离方法(BT-MLVSA)是求解非线性系统的一种非常有效的方法. 一般多线性变量分离方法(GMLVSA)是该方法的推广. 实现GMLVSA主要有四种途径，一是先把场量按照多个任意函数(通常考虑两个函数的情形)展开得到关于多个函数的多线性方程，另一种途径是推广变量分离的假设，第三类是基于Darboux变换的多线性变量分离方法(DT-MLVSA)，第四类是导数相关泛函变量分离法. 利用第一类GMLVSA，可以得到(2+1)维mNNV系统和sine-Gordon系统的一般多线性变量分离解. 把第一类GMLVSA推广到二维非线性系统，这些系统是通过对称约化(2+1)维sine-Gordon.系统得到的. 也就是说，一般多线性变量分离可解性在对称约化下从高维系统到低维系统得到了保持. 这也提供了一条从高维非线性系统导出可GMLVSA求解的低维非线性系统的有效途径. 关键词： Bcklund变换 多线性变量分离 sine-Gordon系统 对称约化     

Effects of symmetry breaking in finite quantum systems

The review considers the peculiarities of symmetry breaking and symmetry transformations and the related physical effects in finite quantum systems. Some types of symmetry in finite systems can be broken only asymptotically. However, with a sufficiently large number of particles, crossover transitions become sharp, so that symmetry breaking happens similarly to that in macroscopic systems. This concerns, in particular, global gauge symmetry breaking, related to Bose–Einstein condensation and superconductivity, or isotropy breaking, related to the generation of quantum vortices, and the stratification in multicomponent mixtures. A special type of symmetry transformation, characteristic only for finite systems, is the change of shape symmetry. These phenomena are illustrated by the examples of several typical mesoscopic systems, such as trapped atoms, quantum dots, atomic nuclei, and metallic grains. The specific features of the review are: (i) the emphasis on the peculiarities of the symmetry breaking in finite mesoscopic systems; (ii) the analysis of common properties of physically different finite quantum systems; (iii) the manifestations of symmetry breaking in the spectra of collective excitations in finite quantum systems. The analysis of these features allows for the better understanding of the intimate relation between the type of symmetry and other physical properties of quantum systems. This also makes it possible to predict new effects by employing the analogies between finite quantum systems of different physical nature.     

General N-solitons and their dynamics in several nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equations

General N-solitons in three recently-proposed nonlocal nonlinear Schrödinger equations are presented. These nonlocal equations include the reverse-space, reverse-time, and reverse-space–time nonlinear Schrödinger equations, which are nonlocal reductions of the Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur (AKNS) hierarchy. It is shown that general N-solitons in these different equations can be derived from the same Riemann–Hilbert solutions of the AKNS hierarchy, except that symmetry relations on the scattering data are different for these equations. This Riemann–Hilbert framework allows us to identify new types of solitons with novel eigenvalue configurations in the spectral plane. Dynamics of N-solitons in these equations is also explored. In all the three nonlocal equations, their solutions often collapse repeatedly, but can remain bounded or nonsingular for wide ranges of soliton parameters as well. In addition, it is found that multi-solitons can behave very differently from fundamental solitons and may not correspond to a nonlinear superposition of fundamental solitons.     

A nonlocal Burgers equation in atmospheric dynamical system and its exact solutions

From a two-vortex interaction model in atmospheric and oceanic systems, a nonlocal counterpart with shifted parity and delayed time reversal is derived by a simple AB reduction. To obtain some approximate analytic solutions of this nonlocal system, the multi-scale expansion method is applied to get an AB-Burgers system. Various exact solutions of the AB-Burgers equation, including elliptic periodic waves, kink waves and solitary waves, are obtained and shown graphically.To show the applications of these solutions in describing correlated events, a simple approximate solution for the two-vortex interaction model is given to show two correlated dipole blocking events at two different places. Furthermore, symmetry reduction solutions of the nonlocal AB-Burgers equation are also given by using the standard Lie symmetry method.     

Concepts of stability and symmetry in irreversible thermodynamics. I

Concepts of stability and symmetry in irreversible thermodynamics are developed through the analysis of system energy flows. The excess power function, derived from a local energy conservation equation, is shown to yield necessary and sufficient stability criteria for linear and nonlinear irreversible processes. In the absence of symmetry-destroying external forces, the linear range may be characterized by a set of phenomenological coefficient symmetries relating coupled forces and displacements, velocities, and accelerations, whereas rotational phenomena in nonlinear processes may be characterized by skew-symmetric components of the phenomenological coefficients. A physical interpretation of the nature of the skew-symmetric parts is given and the variational principle of minimum dissipation of energy is related to a stability criterion.     

A Coupled Hybrid Lattice: Its Related Continuous Equation and Symmetries

The hybrid lattice, known as a discrete Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation, is found to be a discrete modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation in this paper. The coupled hybrid lattice, which is pointed to be a discrete coupled KdV system, is also found to be discrete form of a coupled mKdV systems. Delayed differential reduction system and pure difference systems are derived from the coupled hybrid system by means of the symmetry reduction approach. Cnoidal wave, positon and negaton solutions for the coupled hybrid system are proposed.     

Nonlocal Symmetry Reductions,CTE Method and Exact Solutions for Higher-Order KdV Equation

The nonlocal symmetries for the higher-order KdV equation are obtained with the truncated Painlev′e method. The nonlocal symmetries can be localized to the Lie point symmetries by introducing suitable prolonged systems.The finite symmetry transformations and similarity reductions for the prolonged systems are computed. Moreover, the consistent tanh expansion(CTE) method is applied to the higher-order KdV equation. These methods lead to some novel exact solutions of the higher-order KdV system.