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Closed-form solutions of the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with arbitrary dispersion and potential

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Pith's one-line read The generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation with arbitrary dispersion and potential is shown to admit closed-form solutions in quadratures.

desk verdict Useful compendium of exact NLS solutions with nonlinear dispersion, but the 'general solution for arbitrary f' claim needs a nondegeneracy condition and Example 5 has algebra slips. read the letter →

arxiv 2411.13713 v2 pith:FNAX7C2F submitted 2024-11-20 nlin.SI math-phmath.APmath.MP

Andrei D. Polyanin , Nikolay A. Kudryashov This is my paper · ORCID
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The pith

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The reading

This paper targets the nonlinear Schrödinger equation $i u_t + [f(|u|)u]_{xx} + g(|u|)u = 0$, where both the dispersion coefficient $f$ and the potential term $g$ are arbitrary real functions. It tries to prove that exact closed-form solutions still exist: the equation can be reduced to a system of real PDEs and then, by imposing that the amplitude is constant, a function of $x$, or a function of $t$, to ordinary differential equations whose general solutions are available in implicit quadrature form. A second, inverse route prescribes the solution envelope and derives the corresponding potential, generating families of exactly solvable models. The resulting formulas work for any twice-differentiable $f$ and continuous $g$, which matters because they give benchmark solutions for testing numerical integrators of nonlinear wave equations.

What carries the argument

The engine is the method of functional constraints: one imposes that the modulus $|u|$ is constant, a function of $x$, or a function of $t$, which linearizes the nonlinear dispersion term and lets separation of variables work. The crucial identity is $h = r f(r)$; changing variables from $r$ to $h$ converts the amplitude ODE into a standard autonomous second-order equation, whose general solution is then written as an implicit integral by the classical quadrature formula for such equations (61)-(64).

What would settle it

Choose a concrete pair where $h(r) = r f(r)$ has a local extremum (e.g. $f(r) = 1/(1+r^2)$), take a constant $g$, and check numerically whether the implicit solution produced by quadrature (24) satisfies the ODE (18) on both sides of the turning point; if the solution fails to continue through the extremum, the claim that (24) gives the general solution is refuted for such $f$.

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Core claim

The central discovery is that the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (3) admits exact solutions expressible in quadratures for arbitrary dispersion $f$ and potential $g$. Writing $u = r e^{i\varphi}$, the PDE splits into two real equations; imposing the functional constraint $|u| = r = r(x)$ and integrating yields the autonomous second-order ODE (18), whose general solution is given implicitly by the quadrature formula (24) involving $h = r f(r)$. For traveling-wave reductions, the same reduction leads to the quadrature (63)-(64). The paper also gives the inverse construction (30)-(31), which starts from an arbitrary envelope $h(x)$ and computes the potential $g(r)$ that makes that envelope an exact solution.

Load-bearing premise

The derivation assumes the product $h = r f(r)$ can be inverted, so integrals over $h$ can be converted back to determine the amplitude $r$; for an arbitrary twice-differentiable $f$ this invertibility may fail, and no monotonicity condition is imposed.

Editorial extensions

If this is right

  • If the quadrature formulas are correct, the whole family of equations (3) with any twice-differentiable $f$ and continuous $g$ has time-periodic solutions with envelope determined implicitly by (24).
  • Traveling-wave solutions reduce to a single autonomous ODE whose general solution is available as an implicit integral, so no integrability assumption on the equation is needed.
  • The inverse approach (30)-(31) turns the design problem around: choose an envelope $r(x)$, obtain $h(x)$, and the potential $g(r)$ follows, giving many new exactly solvable Schrödinger-type equations.
  • The constructed solutions, being valid for arbitrary $f$ and $g$, can serve as test problems for assessing the accuracy of numerical methods for nonlinear PDEs.
  • For power-law dispersion $f(r) = a r^k$, the amplitude formulas become explicit elementary expressions, e.g., $r(t) = [a(k+2)(2C_1 t + C_3)]^{-1/(k+2)}$.

Reading between the lines

Editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The paper leaves open whether the 'general solution' label in (24) is global: $h = r f(r)$ must be invertible for the implicit integral to trace all solution branches. For non-monotone $f$, the quadrature is only local, and a branch analysis would be needed to describe solutions that cross a turning point of $h$.
  • The same functional-constraint strategy could be applied to other evolution equations containing arbitrary coefficient functions, such as complex Ginzburg–Landau or derivative-NLS type equations, whenever an amplitude constraint linearizes the nonlinearity.
  • The inverse construction suggests a practical design tool for optics: specify a desired pulse envelope, and the corresponding refractive-index law $g(r)$ is determined; testing these envelopes in experiments could validate the model beyond mathematics.
  • The quadrature solutions may connect to known soliton families when the integrals are evaluated explicitly; special choices of $f$ and $g$ that make the integral elementary would yield new explicit soliton and breather formulas.
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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper studies the generalized nonlinear Schrödinger equation (3), i u_t + [f(|u|)u]_xx + g(|u|)u = 0, with two arbitrary real functions f and g. Writing u = r e^{iφ}, the authors derive the real system (8) and then construct several solution families: constant-amplitude plane waves (14), time-periodic solutions with x-dependent amplitude governed by the autonomous ODE (18), a claimed general quadrature solution (24), an inverse construction (30)-(31) with examples, t-dependent amplitude solutions via the ODE system (49), and a traveling-wave reduction with the first integral (56) and quadrature (63)-(64). The central claim is that these formulas yield exact closed-form solutions for arbitrary f and g.

Significance. The algebraic core of the paper is largely sound: the transformation (7)-(8), the system (49), the first integral (56), and the quadrature formulas (24) and (64) are genuine reductions with no fitted parameters once f and g are fixed, and the resulting solutions are potentially useful benchmark cases for numerical methods. The paper would be more valuable if its claims were stated precisely: the inverse constructions of Section 3.2 determine the potential g from a chosen profile h(x) rather than solving for arbitrary g, and the quadrature formulas require a nondegeneracy condition on h = r f(r) that is not stated. The main weakness is the unqualified 'arbitrary functions' claim, which fails for degenerate h, and an apparent algebraic inconsistency in Example 5.

major comments (4)
  1. [Section 3.2, Eq. (24); Appendix, Eq. (64)] The derivation of the claimed 'general solution' of Eq. (18) silently assumes that h = Θ(r) = r f(r) is nonconstant and locally invertible, so that dh = [f(r)+r f'(r)] dr is a legitimate change of variable. No such condition is stated. The failure is concrete: take f(r)=1/r on r>0 and g(r)=C1+C2^2/r. Then h≡1, Eq. (18) is satisfied identically for every smooth r(x), and u = r(x) e^{i(C1 t + C2 x + C3)} solves the original PDE (3). Substituting this f into (24) gives dh=0, so the formula reduces to C5 ± x = 0 and does not contain this entire solution family. Thus the statement that (24) gives the general solution for arbitrary f is false as written. The paper should either impose Θ'(r) ≠ 0 and state the local/branch character of the quadrature, or treat the degenerate case h = const separately.
  2. [Section 3.2, Eqs. (30)-(31), Examples 2-4] The inverse approach is not a solution method for arbitrary g: for fixed f and a chosen h(x), Eq. (31) defines g(r) by eliminating x, so g is determined by the ansatz rather than being an arbitrary input. The abstract and Section 1 overstate the domain of applicability. Moreover, the elimination of x from (30)-(31) requires a single-valued branch of the relation h = r f(r); without monotonicity of this map, the resulting g(r) may be multivalued or undefined on part of the range. The examples 2-4 inherit this issue and should be framed as existence results for potentials generated by the ansatz.
  3. [Section 3.2, Example 5, Eqs. (43)-(46)] There is an algebraic inconsistency in Example 5. Substituting A2 = 0 and h = k(x+C3)^{-1/2} into Eq. (43) gives f = A1 k^2 / 2, not f = 1/(2 A1 k^2). With the stated r and f, the product r f equals 1/(A1^2 k^3)(x+C3)^{-1/2}, which equals h = k(x+C3)^{-1/2} only if k^2 = 1/A1, not if k^2 = 2/A1 as the text sets. Consequently, the subsequent potential (46) has the wrong coefficient for the r^4 term: the calculation yields -3 A1^2 r^4 / 16 rather than -3/(16 A1^2) r^4. This needs to be corrected and the example re-verified.
  4. [Section 4 and Appendix, Eqs. (57)-(58), (63)-(64)] The traveling-wave reduction and the first integral (56) are correct, but the quadrature formula (63)-(64) for the second-order ODE (57)-(58) inherits the same change-of-variable restriction as Eq. (24): it is valid only where h = r f(r) is locally invertible. Without a monotonicity or nondegeneracy condition, the formula does not represent the general solution of the ODE, and the claim that the general solution is expressed in quadratures is too strong. I recommend stating the condition and presenting the result as a local quadrature on intervals where Θ'(r) ≠ 0.
minor comments (4)
  1. [Section 2.1] The sentence 'if u(x,t) is a solution, than the functions...' contains a typo: 'than' should be 'then'.
  2. [Section 3.2, Example 1] The text says 'By squaring both parts (26)' but Eq. (26) is the constant-potential assumption; the squaring step applies to Eq. (27). Please correct the cross-reference.
  3. [Section 3.3, Eq. (53)] The introduction of the constant A in the expression φ = C1 r^2 (x+A)^2 is not equivalent to a pure x-shift when b(t) has been set to zero: expanding (x+A)^2 produces a linear term 2A C1 r^2 x, which re-parametrizes the constant C2. This is harmless but should be explained to avoid apparent inconsistency with the earlier choice C2 = 0.
  4. [Section 5] The conclusion that the obtained exact solutions are valid 'for two arbitrary functions f(z) and g(z)' is too broad in view of the invertibility and inverse-construction caveats above; the wording should be qualified throughout the paper.

Circularity Check

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No substantive circularity: quadrature reduction is self-contained and the inverse constructions are explicitly labeled; only a non-load-bearing self-citation appears.

full rationale

No substantive circularity was found in the derivation chain. The main reduction is self-contained: substituting u=re^{iφ} gives the real system (8); imposing |u|=r(x) leads to the autonomous ODE (18) for h=rf(r), and formula (24) is exactly the standard energy integral of that ODE (multiply by h' and integrate once). The Appendix's Eqs. (61)-(64) perform the same first-integral reduction; the cited handbook formula [83] is an elementary identity verifiable by differentiation, so the self-citation is not load-bearing. The inverse constructions (30)-(31), (43), and (47) are explicitly labeled as an "inverse (not direct) approach": an auxiliary profile h(x) is chosen and the potential g(r) is then computed from Eq. (18), so the equation is built to admit the chosen profile. This is a transparent solution-generation technique, not a disguised prediction or a fitted parameter renamed as a result. A genuine mathematical caveat, but not a circularity, is that the quadrature change of variables requires dh=[f(r)+r f'(r)]dr to be nondegenerate and locally invertible; for f(r)=1/r the formula degenerates and the claimed "arbitrary f" generality needs qualification. This affects correctness of the scope claim, not the independence of the derivation. Therefore the overall circularity score is low, reflecting only the presence of a minor, non-load-bearing self-citation.

Assumptions & free parameters 1 free parameters · 4 assumptions · 0 invented entities

The paper introduces no invented physical entities. Its main free element is the hand-chosen profile h(x) in the inverse construction, which determines both the solution and the potential g. The integration constants are standard. The key unstated assumption is the invertibility of h = r f(r).

free parameters (1)
  • Profile function h(x) = Not a single value: e.g., a(x+b)^k, a cos(kx+b), a e^{kx}+b e^{-kx}, k(x+C3)^{-1/2}
    In the inverse approach (Section 3.2, Eqs. (30)-(34) and Example 5 in (43)), h(x) is chosen by hand to generate an exact solution; the potential g is then computed from h, so the solution is fitted to the chosen profile.
assumptions (4)
  • standard math Polar decomposition u = r e^{iφ} with real r ≥ 0 and real φ is valid for the complex solution
    Used in Section 2.2 to convert Eq. (3) into the real system (8).
  • standard math For an autonomous second-order ODE h'' = F(h), the general solution is given by the energy integral quadrature (63)-(64)
    Invoked in the Appendix to write solutions (24) and (64). This is a classical ODE result, cited to the authors' handbook [83].
  • domain assumption The relation h = r f(r) is invertible (or locally solvable) so that r can be expressed from h, and integrals over h are well-defined
    Needed for the quadrature formulas (24), (64) and the inverse construction (30)-(31). Not stated or justified for arbitrary f; fails if r f(r) is non-monotonic.
  • domain assumption f is twice continuously differentiable and g is continuous on the range of |u|
    Stated in Section 2.1; needed for the derivatives in (7) and the validity of the ODE reductions.

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For the first time, the general nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation is investigated, in which the chromatic dispersion and potential are specified by two arbitrary functions. The equation in question is a natural generalization of a wide class of related nonlinear partial differential equations that are often used in various areas of theoretical physics, including nonlinear optics, superconductivity and plasma physics. To construct exact solutions, a combination of the method of functional constraints and methods of generalized separation of variables is used. Exact closed-form solutions of the general nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, which are expressed in quadratures or elementary functions, are found. One-dimensional non-symmetry reductions are described, which lead the considered nonlinear partial differential equation to a simpler ordinary differential equation or a system of such equations. The exact solutions obtained in this work can be used as test problems intended to assess the accuracy of numerical and approximate analytical methods for integrating nonlinear equations of mathematical physics.

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