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Linear Superposition for a Large Number of Nonlinear Equations

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2015-06-15 v1 Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We demonstrate a kind of linear superposition for a large number of nonlinear equations, both continuum and discrete. In particular, we show that whenever a nonlinear equation admits solutions in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions \cn(x,m)\cn(x,m) and \dn(x,m)\dn(x,m), then it also admits solutions in terms of their sum as well as difference, i.e. \dn(x,m)±m\cn(x,m)\dn(x,m) \pm \sqrt{m}\, \cn(x,m). Further, we also show that whenever a nonlinear equation admits a solution in terms of \dn2(x,m)\dn^2(x,m), it also has solutions in terms of \dn2(x,m)±m\cn(x,m)\dn(x,m)\dn^2(x,m) \pm \sqrt{m}\, \cn(x,m)\, \dn(x,m) even though \cn(x,m)\dn(x,m)\cn(x,m)\, \dn(x,m) is not a solution of that nonlinear equation. Finally, we obtain similar superposed solutions in coupled theories.

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@article{arxiv.1302.5767,
  title  = {Linear Superposition for a Large Number of Nonlinear Equations},
  author = {Avinash Khare and Avadh Saxena},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1302.5767},
  year   = {2015}
}

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11 pages, no figures

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