Multidimensional Localized Solitons

Recently it has been discovered that some nonlinear evolution equations in 2+1 dimensions, which are integrable by the use of the Spectral Transform, admit localized (in the space) soliton solutions. This article briefly reviews some of the main results obtained in the last five years thanks to the renewed interest in soliton theory due to this discovery. The theoretical tools needed to understand the unexpected richness of behaviour of multidimensional localized solitons during their mutual scattering are furnished. Analogies and especially discrepancies with the unidimensional case are stressed

Properties of the solitonic potentials of the heat operator

Properties of the pure solitonic $\tau$-function and potential of the heat equation are studied in detail. We describe the asymptotic behavior of the potential and identify the ray structure of this asymptotic behavior on the $x$-plane in dependence on the parameters of the potential

Towards spectral theory of the Nonstationary Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a two-dimensionally perturbed one-dimensional potential

The Nonstationary Schr\"{o}dinger equation with potential being a perturbation of a generic one-dimensional potential by means of a decaying two-dimensional function is considered here in the framework of the extended resolvent approach. The properties of the Jost solutions and spectral data are investigated.Comment: 22 pages, no figure

B\"{a}cklund and Darboux transformations for the nonstationary Schr\"{o}dinger equation

Potentials of the nonstationary Schr\"{o}dinger operator constructed by means of $n$ recursive B\"{a}cklund transformations are studied in detail. Corresponding Darboux transformations of the Jost solutions are introduced. We show that these solutions obey modified integral equations and present their analyticity properties. Generated transformations of the spectral data are derived.Comment: to be published in Proc. of the Steklov Inst. of Mathematics, Moscow, Russi

Nonlinear Discrete Systems with Nonanalytic Dispersion Relations

A discrete system of coupled waves (with nonanalytic dispersion relation) is derived in the context of the spectral transform theory for the Ablowitz Ladik spectral problem (discrete version of the Zakharov-Shabat system). This 3-wave evolution problem is a discrete version of the stimulated Raman scattering equations, and it is shown to be solvable for arbitrary boundary value of the two radiation fields and initial value of the medium state. The spectral transform is constructed on the basis of the D-bar approach.Comment: RevTex file, to appear in Journ. Math. Phy

Heat operator with pure soliton potential: properties of Jost and dual Jost solutions

Properties of Jost and dual Jost solutions of the heat equation, $\Phi(x,k)$ and $\Psi(x,k)$, in the case of a pure solitonic potential are studied in detail. We describe their analytical properties on the spectral parameter $k$ and their asymptotic behavior on the $x$-plane and we show that the values of $e^{-qx}\Phi(x,k)$ and the residua of $e^{qx}\Psi(x,k)$ at special discrete values of $k$ are bounded functions of $x$ in a polygonal region of the $q$-plane. Correspondingly, we deduce that the extended version $L(q)$ of the heat operator with a pure solitonic potential has left and right annihilators for $q$ belonging to these polygonal regions.Comment: 26 pages, 3 figure