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Backlund transformations are used to search for solutions, particularly soliton solutions, of non-linear differential equations. In this paper we present an invariant geometrical theory of Backlund transformations for second order evolution…
We study the existence of positive solutions on the half-line $[0,\infty)$ for the nonlinear second order differential equation \[ \bigl(a(t)x^{\prime}\bigr)^{\prime}+b(t)F(x)=0,\quad t\geq0, \] satisfying Dirichlet type conditions, say…
Special polynomials associated with rational solutions of the second Painlev'e equation and other equations of its hierarchy are studied. A new method, which allows one to construct each family of polynomials is presented. The structure of…
We consider five-point differential-difference equations. Our aim is to find integrable modifications of the Ito-Narita-Bogoyavlensky equation related to it by non-invertible discrete transformations. We enumerate all modifications…
This paper investigates the relationship between a system of differential equations and the underlying geometry associated with it. The geometry of a surface determines shortest paths, or geodesics connecting nearby points, which are…
The solutions of the discrete Painlev\'e equation I were constructed in terms of elliptic and hyperelliptic $\psi$ functions for algebraic curves of genera one and two. For the case of genus two, there appear higher order difference…
We examine the reductions of the order of certain third- and second-order nonlinear equations with arbitrary nonlinearity through their symmetries and some appropriate transformations. We use the folding transformation which enables one to…
Unstable separatrix solutions for the first and second Painlev\'e transcendents are studied both numerically and analytically. For a fixed initial condition, say $y(0)=0$, there is a discrete set of initial slopes $y'(0)=b_n$ that give rise…
We consider the connection problem of the second nonlinear differential equation \begin{equation} \label{eq:1} \Phi''(x)=(\Phi'^2(x)-1)\cot\Phi(x)+ \frac{1}{x}(1-\Phi'(x)) \end{equation} subject to the boundary condition…
We present a method of determining a Lax representation for similarity reductions of autonomous and non-autonomous partial difference equations. This method may be used to obtain Lax representations that are general enough to provide the…
The analysis of many physical phenomena can be reduced to the study of solutions of differential equations with polynomial coefficients. In the present work, we establish the necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of…
A demonstration of how the point symmetries of the Chazy Equation become nonlocal symmetries for the reduced equation is discussed. Moreover we construct an equivalent third-order differential equation which is related to the Chazy Equation…
We present a Lax pair for the sixth Painlev\'e equation arising as a continuous isomonodromic deformation of a system of linear difference equations with an additional symmetry structure. We call this a symmetric difference-differential Lax…
For a second order linear differential equation $f''+A(z)f'+B(z)f=0$, with $ A(z)$ and $B(z)$ being transcendental entire functions under some restriction, we have established that all non-trivial solutions are of infinite order. In…
Fourth - order analogue to the second Painlev\'{e} equation is studied. This equation has its origin in the modified Korteveg - de Vries equation of the fifth order when we look for its self - similar solution. All power and non - power…
We investigate a degree preserving variant of the $\Delta$-Y transformation which replaces a triangle with a new 6-valent vertex which has double edges to the vertices that had been in the triangle. This operation is relevant for…
We present transformations relating the third transcendent of Painlev\'e with parameter sets located at the corners of the Weyl chamber for the symmetry group of the system, the affine Weyl group of the root system $ B^{(1)}_2 $, to those…
Given an autonomous first order algebraic ordinary differential equation F(y,y')=0, we prove that every formal Puiseux series solution, expanded around any finite point or at infinity, is convergent. The proof is constructive and we provide…
In this paper a higher order non-linear differential equation is given and it becomes a higher order Airy equation (in our terminology) under the Cole-Hopf transformation. For the even case a solution is explicitly constructed, which is a…
In this paper, we provide a complete Plancherel-Rotach asymptotic analysis of polynomials that satisfy a second-order difference equation with linear coefficients. According to the signs of the parameters, we classify the difference…