Darboux transformation and analytic solutions of the discrete PT-symmetric nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger equation

In this letter, for the discrete parity-time-symmetric nonlocal nonlinear Schrodinger equation, we construct the Darboux transformation, which provides an algebraic iterative algorithm to obtain a series of analytic solutions from a known one. To illustrate, the breathing-soliton solutions, periodic-wave solutions and localized rational soliton solutions are derived with the zero and plane-wave solutions as the seeds. The properties of those solutions are also discussed, and particularly the asymptotic analysis reveals all possible cases of the interaction between the discrete rational dark and antidark solitons. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.