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load-bearing objection The paper applies the authors' Bell-polynomial nonlinearization to Hietarinta bilinear forms including Hilbert cases, mainly through examples building on their prior work. the 1 major comments →

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Nonlinearization of bilinear equations of the sine-Gordon type, nonlinear Schr\"odinger type and Benjamin-Ono type

Jin Liu , Da-jun Zhang , Xin Zhang , Xuehui Zhao This is my paper
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This paper continues earlier work on nonlinearization by giving explicit conversions for the sine-Gordon type and nonlinear Schrödinger type bilinear equations first listed by Hietarinta. The same procedure is applied to bilinear equations that contain Hilbert transformations. Bell polynomials supply the algebraic bridge that turns the bilinear expressions into ordinary nonlinear differential equations. A reader would care because the nonlinear versions open direct access to standard solution methods and analysis tools that were previously filtered through the bilinear representation. Concrete examples illustrate each conversion step.

Core claim

The authors formulate a conversion that turns the sine-Gordon type and nonlinear Schrödinger type bilinear equations introduced by Hietarinta, together with their Hilbert-transform versions, into nonlinear partial differential equations by means of Bell polynomials, and they supply illustrative examples of the resulting nonlinear systems.

What carries the argument

Bell polynomials that rewrite the bilinear expressions as nonlinear differential equations while keeping the original solution sets.

Load-bearing premise

The chosen bilinear forms admit a consistent rewriting into nonlinear equations through Bell polynomials that preserves the essential solution properties.

What would settle it

A function that satisfies one of the original bilinear equations but fails to satisfy the corresponding nonlinear equation obtained via the Bell-polynomial procedure, or vice versa.

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If this is right

  • Sine-Gordon type bilinear equations possess explicit nonlinear equivalents.
  • Nonlinear Schrödinger type bilinear equations likewise convert to nonlinear PDEs.
  • Bilinear equations containing Hilbert transforms receive the same nonlinearization treatment.
  • The conversions are verified through explicit worked examples for each class.

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  • Standard nonlinear integrability tests such as the Painlevé property could now be applied directly to the new nonlinear forms.
  • The conversion technique might be tested on other bilinear equations outside the Hietarinta lists to check its range.
  • Numerical schemes developed for nonlinear PDEs could be used to generate approximate solutions that are then checked against the bilinear originals.

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Summary. The manuscript is a continuation of the authors' prior work on nonlinearization of bilinear equations. It introduces formulations, based on Bell polynomials, to convert sine-Gordon-type and nonlinear Schrödinger-type bilinear equations (originally due to Hietarinta) into equivalent nonlinear PDEs, and extends the procedure to cases involving Hilbert transformations, supplying illustrative examples for each class.

Significance. If the nonlinearization maps are shown to be equivalence-preserving, the work would supply a systematic, Bell-polynomial-based route from a family of Hietarinta bilinear operators to nonlinear forms, potentially simplifying the search for explicit solutions and clarifying integrability properties for both local and nonlocal (Hilbert-transform) members of the family. The provision of concrete illustrative examples is a positive feature that allows immediate checking of the procedure on specific instances.

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  1. [Abstract and §3] The central claim that the Bell-polynomial nonlinearization produces nonlinear equations whose solution sets stand in one-to-one correspondence with the original Hietarinta bilinear equations (including those containing Hilbert transforms) is load-bearing, yet the manuscript supplies only illustrative examples rather than an explicit identity or invertibility argument establishing that the map is structure-preserving. This is especially pertinent for the Benjamin-Ono-type cases, where the Hilbert operator must be shown to pass through the polynomial expressions without generating extraneous terms.
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  1. [§2] Notation for the Bell polynomials and the precise definition of the nonlinearization operator should be restated self-containedly in §2 rather than relying solely on the citation to the 2025 Commun. Theor. Phys. paper.
  2. [§4] The illustrative examples would benefit from a short table comparing the original bilinear form, the derived nonlinear equation, and at least one explicit solution in each case.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading and constructive feedback on our manuscript. We address the major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Abstract and §3] The central claim that the Bell-polynomial nonlinearization produces nonlinear equations whose solution sets stand in one-to-one correspondence with the original Hietarinta bilinear equations (including those containing Hilbert transforms) is load-bearing, yet the manuscript supplies only illustrative examples rather than an explicit identity or invertibility argument establishing that the map is structure-preserving. This is especially pertinent for the Benjamin-Ono-type cases, where the Hilbert operator must be shown to pass through the polynomial expressions without generating extraneous terms.

    Authors: We agree that the manuscript would benefit from an explicit general argument establishing the structure-preserving nature of the map, rather than relying solely on examples. The Bell-polynomial nonlinearization is constructed via direct substitution of the Hirota operators expressed in terms of Bell polynomials, which is invertible in principle because the original bilinear form can be recovered by applying the inverse relations. In the revision we will add to §3 a concise invertibility argument showing bijective correspondence of solution sets for the sine-Gordon-type and NLS-type cases. For the Benjamin-Ono-type equations involving the Hilbert transform, we will include a short verification that the Hilbert operator passes through the Bell-polynomial expressions without extraneous terms, using the linearity of the Hilbert transform and its commutation with differentiation. This addition will make the equivalence explicit while preserving the illustrative examples. revision: yes

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This is a continuation of the paper [Commun. Theor. Phys., 77 (2025) 115006] on the nonlinearization of bilinear equations. The sine-Gordon type and nonlinear Schr\"odinger type bilinear equations are introduced by Jarmo Hietarinta during his search for integrable bilinear equations. In this paper, we provide a formulation to convert these two types of bilinear equations into nonlinear forms. In addition, the nonlinearization related to the equations involving the Hilbert transformations is also considered. Bell polynomials are employed in the nonlinearization and illustrative examples are provided.

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