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title:
 
Rational Solutions of an Extended Lotka-Volterra Equation
publication:
 
JNMP
volume-issue:   9 - Supplement 1
pages:   75 - 83
ISSN:
  1402-9251
DOI:
  doi:10.2991/jnmp.2002.9.s1.7 (how to use a DOI)
author(s):
 
X B HU, P A CLARKSON
publication date:
 
February 2002
abstract:
 
A series of rational solutions are presented for an extended Lotka-Volterra eqution. These rational solutions are obtained by using Hirota's bilinear formalism and Bäcklund transformation. The crucial step is the use of nonlinear superposition fomula. The so-called extended Lotka-Volterra equation is [1] d dt m-1 i=0 an- m-1 2 +i = k-1 i=0 an+ m-1 2 +i-(k-1)k-1 i=0 an- m-1 2 +i (1) (m = 1, 2, · · · ; k = 1, 2, · · · ; m = k) or d dt m-1 i=0 an- m-1 2 +i = -k-1 i=0 an+ m+1 2 +i -1-k-1 i=0 an- m+1 2 +i+k+1 -1 . (2) (m = 1, 2, · · · ; -k = 1, 2, · · · ) In particular, if m = 1 in (1), equation (1) can be transformed into d dt Nn = k-1 r=1 (Nn-r - Nn+r)Nn (3) by the variable transformation Nn = k-2 i=0 an+i- k 2 +1. Copyright c 2002 by X B Hu and P A Clarkson
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