Rational solutions of Riccati-like partial differential equations (Q5937885)

The rational solutions to Riccati-like partial differential equations (for Riccati equations [see \textit{W. T. Reid}, Riccati differential equations, New York-London: Academic Press (1972; Zbl 0254.34003)]) are considered. These systems arise in a similar way as Riccati ODEs. The structure of rational solutions is obtained, and an algorithm, called RationalSolution (it consists of 5 steps), for finding rational solutions to an associated Riccati-like system is given. As an application of the results obtained, the RationalSolution algorithm is applied to find all rational solutions to Lie's system \[ \begin{gathered} \partial_xu+u^2+a_1u+a_2v+a_3=0,\quad\partial_xv+uv+c_1u+c_2v+c_3=0,\\ \partial_yu+uv+b_1u+b_2v+b_3=0,\quad\partial_yv+v^2+d_1u+d_2v+d_3=0, \end{gathered} \] where \(a_k,b_k,c_k,d_k\) are rational functions of \(x,y\) and hyperexponential solutions to linear homogeneous differential systems with finite linear dimension in several unknowns.