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On asymptotic nonlocal symmetry of nonlinear Schrödinger equations

A concept of asymptotic symmetry is introduced which is based on a definition of symmetry as a reducibility property relative to a corresponding invariant ansatz. It is shown that the nonlocal Lorentz invariance of the free-particle Schrödinger equation, discovered by Fushchych and Segeda in 1977, can be extended to Galilei-invariant equations for free particles with arbitrary spin and, with our definition of asymptotic symmetry, to many nonlinear Schrödinger equations. An important class of solutions of the free Schrödinger equation with improved smoothing properties is obtained.