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B. 
G. 
Konopelchenko 
and 
C. 
Rogers 
These  relations  determine  the 
(3.55) 
simplest  non-element ary 
In the special 
case 
r 
= 
-q, 
/Lo 
= 
-A0 
(3.56) 
if 
we 
set 
43 
:= 
q‘,q0 
:= 
-4 
then the well known spatial BT 
41 
+ 
Q: 
= 
(Q 
- 
Q’)l/4G- 
I 
Q 
+ 
Q’ 
l2 
(3.57) 
for the 
NLS 
(3.5) 
is retrieved 
[l]. 
The existence 
of 
nonlinear superposition principles un- 
derlying auto 
BTs 
is 
of 
the greatest  importance since it 
allows 
us 
to  generate,  by  iteration 
of 
purely  algebraic 
procedures, sequences 
of 
exact solutions to the nonlinear 
evolution  equations  amenable  to the inverse  scattering 
method.  In  particular,  multi-soliton  solutions  may  be 
so-generat ed. 
Here, the procedure is illustrated for the coupled 
NLS 
system 
(3.4). 
This admits the starting trivial solution 
P=Po,o:= 
(; 
;), 
(3.58) 
corresponding  to 
(4, 
T) 
= 
(40, 
TO) 
= 
(0,O). 
Substitution 
in  the  Backlund  relations 
(3.38) 
and 
(3.40) 
with 
A0 
-+ 
XI, 
/LO 
+ 
yields, 
on 
application of 
By: 
and 
Bz) 
to 
(40 
, 
To) 
841 
- 
+ 
2AlQl 
= 
0, 
dX 
7-1 
= 
0,