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B.
G.
Konopelchenko
and
C.
Rogers
These relations determine the
(3.55)
simplest non-element ary
In the special
case
r
=
-q,
/Lo
=
-A0
(3.56)
if
we
set
43
:=
q‘,q0
:=
-4
then the well known spatial BT
41
+
Q:
=
(Q
-
Q’)l/4G-
I
Q
+
Q’
l2
(3.57)
for the
NLS
(3.5)
is retrieved
[l].
The existence
of
nonlinear superposition principles un-
derlying auto
BTs
is
of
the greatest importance since it
allows
us
to generate, by iteration
of
purely algebraic
procedures, sequences
of
exact solutions to the nonlinear
evolution equations amenable to the inverse scattering
method. In particular, multi-soliton solutions may be
so-generat ed.
Here, the procedure is illustrated for the coupled
NLS
system
(3.4).
This admits the starting trivial solution
P=Po,o:=
(;
;),
(3.58)
corresponding to
(4,
T)
=
(40,
TO)
=
(0,O).
Substitution
in the Backlund relations
(3.38)
and
(3.40)
with
A0
-+
XI,
/LO
+
yields,
on
application of
By:
and
Bz)
to
(40
,
To)
841
-
+
2AlQl
=
0,
dX
7-1
=
0,