The Three-Wave Resonant Interaction: Deformation of the Plane Wave Solutions and Darboux Transformations

The plane wave solutions of the three-wave resonant interaction in the plane are considered. It is shown that rank-one constraints over the right derivatives of invertible operators on an arbitrary linear space gives solutions of the three-wave resonant interaction that can be understood as a Darboux transformation of the plane wave solutions. The method is extended further to obtain general Darboux transformations: for any solution of the three-wave interaction problem and vector solutions of the corresponding Lax pair large families of new solutions, expressed in terms of Grammian type determinants of these vector solutions, are given. M. M. acknowledges partial support from CICYT proyecto PB92–019 FAX #: 34 1 394 51 97