346 10 Generating solutions via
¯
∂ problem
[12, 105], where φ(x, y, t) is the velocity potential. Besides, the DS II equation
found use in plasma physics [352]. The IST method for (10.97) was realized
in terms of the
¯
∂ problem by Fokas and Ablowitz [159]. Rational nonsingu-
lar lo c alized solutions (lumps) of the DS II equation decaying at infinity as
(x
2
+ y
2
)
−1
have been derived by Arkadiev et al. [31]. Various aspects of the
IST approach for solving the DS II equation have been discussed by Beals
and Coifman [41, 42] and K onop elchenko and Matkarimov [246]. The Dar-
boux method was used in [308] to obtain soliton solutions which demonstrate
nontrivial dynamics under interaction. The completeness of the eigenf unction
system of the elliptic spectral problem associated with the DS II equation was
established in [36 4].
In the pap ers cited above, solitons of the DS II equation correspond to sim-
ple poles of the solutions of the spectral equation. As we know from the exam-
ple of the KP I equation, a novel class of solutions with more diverse properties
arises if the eigenfunctions allow multiple poles. The same situation exists for
the DS II equation. Villarroel and Ablowitz [440] found a variety of rationally
decaying, regular, localized solutions of the DS II equation which stem from
meromorphic eigenfunctions with multiple poles in the spectral parameter.
10.5.1 Eigenfunctions and scattering equation
The DS II equation (10.97) allows the matrix-valued Lax representation
ψ
x
+iσ
3
ψ
y
− Qψ =0,Q=
0 u
−¯u 0
(10.98)
ψ
t
= Aψ − Qψ
y
+iσ
3
ψ
yy
. (10.99)
Here ψ and A are 2 ×2 matrices. The compatibility condition for (10.98) and
(10.99) gives the DS II equation (10.97) provided the entries of A are given
by
(∂
x
+i∂
y
)A
11
=
1
2i
(∂
x
− i∂
y
)|u|
2
,A
12
=
1
2i
(∂
x
− i∂
y
)u, (10.100)
(∂
x
− i∂
y
)A
21
= −
1
2i
(∂
x
+i∂
y
)|u|
2
,A
21
=
1
2i
(∂
x
+i∂
y
)¯u,
while the potential φ is expressed in terms of A
ij
as φ =i(A
11
− A
22
) −|u|
2
.
Because the spectral problem (10.98) is elliptic, it is reasonable to introduce
complex coor dinates z = x +iy and ¯z = x −iy. Then the DS II equation takes
the form
iu
t
= u
zz
+ u
¯z¯z
+(g +¯g)u, g
¯z
=
1
2
|u|
2
z
, (10.101)
where g =iA
11
. The Lax representation for (10.101) is written as
Dψ =
1
2
Qψ, ψ
t
= Aψ − iQ(∂
z
− ∂
¯z
)ψ − iσ
3
(∂
z
− ∂
¯z
)
2
ψ. (10.102)