A comparative analysis of Painlevé, Lax Pair, and Similarity Transformation methods in obtaining the integrability conditions of nonlinear Schrödinger equations

preprint2010arXivOpen access

Abstract

We derive the integrability conditions of nonautonomous nonlinear Schro¨\rm\ddot odinger equations using the Lax Pair and Similarity Transformation methods. We present a comparative analysis of these integrability conditions with those of the Painleveˊ\rm\acute{e} method. We show that while the Painleveˊ\rm\acute{e} integrability conditions restrict the dispersion, nonlinearity, and dissipation/gain coefficients to be space-independent and the external potential to be only a quadratic function of position, the Lax Pair and the Similarity Transformation methods allow for space-dependent coefficients and an external potential that is not restricted to the quadratic form. The integrability conditions of the Painleveˊ\rm\acute{e} method are retrieved as a special case of our general integrability conditions. We also derive the integrability conditions of nonautonomous nonlinear Schro¨\rm\ddot odinger equations for two- and three-spacial dimensions.

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