69 research outputs found
Conditional symmetry and spectrum of the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation
We develop an algebraic approach to studying the spectral properties of the
stationary Schr\"odinger equation in one dimension based on its high order
conditional symmetries. This approach makes it possible to obtain in explicit
form representations of the Schr\"odinger operator by matrices for
any and, thus, to reduce a spectral problem to a purely
algebraic one of finding eigenvalues of constant matrices. The
connection to so called quasi exactly solvable models is discussed. It is
established, in particular, that the case, when conditional symmetries reduce
to high order Lie symmetries, corresponds to exactly solvable Schr\"odinger
equations. A symmetry classification of Sch\"odinger equation admitting
non-trivial high order Lie symmetries is carried out, which yields a hierarchy
of exactly solvable Schr\"odinger equations. Exact solutions of these are
constructed in explicit form. Possible applications of the technique developed
to multi-dimensional linear and one-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger
equations is briefly discussed.Comment: LaTeX-file, 31 pages, to appear in J.Math.Phys., v.37, N7, 199
Conditional Lie-B\"acklund symmetry and reduction of evolution equations.
We suggest a generalization of the notion of invariance of a given partial
differential equation with respect to Lie-B\"acklund vector field. Such
generalization proves to be effective and enables us to construct principally
new Ans\"atze reducing evolution-type equations to several ordinary
differential equations. In the framework of the said generalization we obtain
principally new reductions of a number of nonlinear heat conductivity equations
with poor Lie symmetry and obtain their exact solutions.
It is shown that these solutions can not be constructed by means of the
symmetry reduction procedure.Comment: 12 pages, latex, needs amssymb., to appear in the "Journal of Physics
A: Mathematical and General" (1995
On the new approach to variable separation in the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation with two space dimensions
We suggest an effective approach to separation of variables in the
Schr\"odinger equation with two space variables. Using it we classify
inequivalent potentials such that the corresponding Schr\" odinger
equations admit separation of variables. Besides that, we carry out separation
of variables in the Schr\" odinger equation with the anisotropic harmonic
oscillator potential and obtain a complete list of
coordinate systems providing its separability. Most of these coordinate systems
depend essentially on the form of the potential and do not provide separation
of variables in the free Schr\" odinger equation ().Comment: 21 pages, latex, to appear in the "Journal of Mathematical Physics"
(1995
Singular reduction operators in two dimensions
The notion of singular reduction operators, i.e., of singular operators of
nonclassical (conditional) symmetry, of partial differential equations in two
independent variables is introduced. All possible reductions of these equations
to first-order ODEs are are exhaustively described. As examples, properties of
singular reduction operators of (1+1)-dimensional evolution and wave equations
are studied. It is shown how to favourably enhance the derivation of
nonclassical symmetries for this class by an in-depth prior study of the
corresponding singular vector fields.Comment: 22 pages, minor correction
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