Rational solutions of equations associated with the second Painlevé equation (Q2197284)

The second Painlevé equation \(y'' = 2y^3 +zy + \beta\) has rational solutions, which are represented by the Yablonskii-Vorob'ev polynomials when \(\beta\) is an integer. A new nonlinear equation of the third order, called singular manifold equation, is constructed from the second Painlevé equation. The singular manifold equation is a modified equation of the known equation on the \(\tau\)-function of the second Painlevé equation. It has rational solutions \(q_m(z)/ q_{m-2}(z)\), where \(q_m(z)\) is the Yablonskii-Vorob'ev polynomial. The singular manifold equation is transformed to the thirty-fourth Painlevé equation \(P_{34}\).