Non-classical symmetry and analytic self-similar solutions for a non-homogenous time-fractional vector NLS system

Abstract

The complex PDEs are a very important and interesting task in nonlinear quantum science. Although there have been extensive studies on the classical complex models, solving the fractional complex models still has a lot of shortcomings, especially for the non-homogenous ones. Therefore, the present study focuses on solving the two-component non-homogenous time-fractional NLS system, our method is to solve a prolonged fractional system derived from the governed model. We first establish non-classical symmetries of this new enlarged system by using the fractional Lie group method. Then, with the help of fractional Erdélyi–Kober operator, we reduce this new system into fractional ODEs, the self-similar solutions are obtained via the power series expansion. The convergence of these solutions are proven as all the variable coefficients are analytic. Finally, we generalize our methods to handle the multi-component case. We conclude that this way may also bring some convenience for solving other complex systems.