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arxiv: 1302.5767 · v1 · pith:6MQV65BQnew · submitted 2013-02-23 · 🌊 nlin.SI · nlin.PS

Linear Superposition for a Large Number of Nonlinear Equations

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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 $\cn(x,m)$ and $\dn(x,m)$, then it also admits solutions in terms of their sum as well as difference, i.e. $\dn(x,m) \pm \sqrt{m}\, \cn(x,m)$. Further, we also show that whenever a nonlinear equation admits a solution in terms of $\dn^2(x,m)$, it also has solutions in terms of $\dn^2(x,m) \pm \sqrt{m}\, \cn(x,m)\, \dn(x,m)$ even though $\cn(x,m)\, \dn(x,m)$ is not a solution of that nonlinear equation. Finally, we obtain similar superposed solutions in coupled theories.

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