Exact solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation by the first integral method

The first integral method is an efficient method for obtaining exact solutions of some nonlinear partial differential equations. This method can be applied to nonintegrable equations as well as to integrable ones. In this paper, the first integral method is used to construct exact solutions of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Crown Copyright (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.