Generalized Wronskian relations one dimensional Schroedinger equation and nonlinear partial differential equations solvable by the inverse scattering method

A generalized Wronskian type relation is used to obtain a number of expressions for the scattering and bound state parameters (reflection and transmission coefficients, bound state energies and normalization constants) in the context of the one dimensional Schroedinger equation. These expressions are in the form of integrals over the wave functions multiplied by appropriate (generally nonlinear) combinations of the potentials and their derivatives. Some of them provide the basis for deriving classes of nonlinear partial differential equations that are solvable by the inverse scattering method. The main interest of this approach rests in its simplicity and in its delivery of nonlinear evolution equations that may involve more than one (space) variable and contain coefficients that are not constant