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In this paper we develop some group theoretical methods which are shown to be very useful for a better understanding of the properties of the Riccati equation and we discuss some of its integrability conditions from a group theoretical…
A novel integrability condition for the Riccati equation, the simplest form of nonlinear ordinary differential equations, is obtained by using elementary quadrature method. Under this condition, the analytic general solution is presented,…
Integrability conditions for Lie systems are related to reduction or transformation processes. We here analyse a geometric method to construct integrability conditions for Riccati equations following these approaches. This approach provides…
The Riccati equations reducible to first-order linear equations by an appropriate change the dependent variable are singled out. All these equations are integrable by quadrature. A wide class of linear ordinary differential equations…
New further integrability conditions of the Riccati equation $dy/dx=a(x)+b(x)y+c(x)y^{2}$ are presented. The first case corresponds to fixed functional forms of the coefficients $a(x)$ and $c(x)$ of the Riccati equation, and of the function…
A general Riccati equation is integrated in quadratures in case one of its coefficients is an arbitrary function and two others are expressed through it.
The basic concepts of factorizable problems in one-dimensional Quantum Mechanics, as well as the theory of Shape Invariant potentials are reviewed. The relation of this last theory with a generalization of the classical Factorization Method…
Several instances of integrable Riccati equations are analyzed from the geometric perspective of the theory of Lie systems. This provides us a unifying viewpoint for previous approaches.
An intrinsic version of the integrability theorem for the classical Backlund theorem is presented. It is characterized by a one-form which can be put in the form of a Riccati system. It is shown how this system can be linearized. Based on…
A new integrability condition of the Riccati equation $dy/dx=a(x)+b(x)y+c(x)y^{2}$ is presented. By introducing an auxiliary equation depending on a generating function $f(x)$, the general solution of the Riccati equation can be obtained if…
This paper gives a new perspective on how to solve the second-order linear differential equation written in normal form. Extending the argument of the potential to a complex number leads to solving exactly the Schr\"odinger equation when…
We use a new approach with a matrix transformation to obtain a new global solvability criterion for matrix Riccati equations. The proven theorem completes an well known result in directions of extension of classes of coefficient of…
We associate to an arbitrary $\mathbb Z$-gradation of the Lie algebra of a Lie group a system of Riccati-type first order differential equations. The particular cases under consideration are the ordinary Riccati and the matrix Riccati…
The Riccati differential equation is examined in light of its connection to second order linear time varying systems. In that light it becomes the clear generalization for the characteristic equation of linear time invariant systems, and is…
The one dimensional Dirac equation with a rational potential is reducible to an ordinary differential equation with a Riccati-like coefficient. Its integrability can be studied with the help of differential Galois theory, although the…
A recurrence relation of Riccati-type differential equations known in supersymmetric quantum mechanics is investigated to find exactly solvable potentials. Taking some simple {\it ans\"atze}, we find new classes of solvable potentials as…
We consider the Ricatti equation in the context of population dynamics, quantum scattering and a more general context. We examine some exactly solvable cases of real life interest.
Different definitions of integrability, as a rule, use linearization of initial equation and/or expansion on some basic functions which are themselves solutions of some linear differential equation. Important fact here is that linearization…
A consistent Riccati expansion (CRE) is proposed for solving nonlinear systems with the help of a Riccati equation. A system is defined to be CRE solvable if it has a CRE. Various integrable systems are CRE solvable. Furthermore, it is also…
For spectral problems, determined by ordinary differential equations, we consider finite-gap potentials as exact solvable by quadratures in the spirit of the Picard--Vessio theory and suggest that this class is the only one. Ideology goes…