The Darboux transformation of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The n -fold Darboux transformation (DT) is a 2 × 2 matrix for the Kaup–Newell (KN) system. In this paper, each element of this matrix is expressed by a ratio of the ( n + 1) × ( n + 1) determinant and n × n determinant of eigenfunctions. Using these formulae, the expressions of the q [ n ] and r [ n ] in the KN system are generated by the n -fold DT. Further, under the reduction condition, the rogue wave, rational traveling solution, dark soliton, bright soliton, breather solution and periodic solution of the derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation are given explicitly by different seed solutions. In particular, the rogue wave and rational traveling solution are two kinds of new solutions. The complete classification of these solutions generated by one-fold DT is given.