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Solution Hierarchies for the Painlevé IV Equation

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Geometric Methods in Physics

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We will obtain real and complex solutions of the Painlevé IV equation through supersymmetric quantum mechanics. The real solutions will be classified into several hierarchies, and a similar procedure will be followed for the complex solutions.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2010). Primary 81Q60; Secondary 34M55.

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To Professor Bogdan Mielnik on his 75th Birthday

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Bermúdez, D., C., D.J.F. (2013). Solution Hierarchies for the Painlevé IV Equation. In: Kielanowski, P., Ali, S., Odzijewicz, A., Schlichenmaier, M., Voronov, T. (eds) Geometric Methods in Physics. Trends in Mathematics. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-0448-6_16

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