“…The first is to increase the number of spatial dimensions to two. This leads to the Davey-Stewartson equations (DS), i ψ t + ψ xx − α 2 ψ yy + 2 (Φ + ρ |ψ| 2 ) ψ = 0, 6) where α = i, 1 and ρ = ±1; ψ(x, y, t) and Φ(x, y, t) are functions of the real variables x, y and t, the latter being real valued and the former being complex valued. In what follows, DS1 ρ denotes the Davey-Stewartson equation when α = i, and DS2 ρ the Davey-Stewartson equation when α = 1.…”