defined by a finite-difference-differential equation generating in the limiting cases the Rosen-
Morse, harmonic, and Pöschl-Teller potentials. A general solution includes Shabat's infinite
number soliton system and leads to raising and lowering operators satisfying a q-deformed
harmonic-oscillator algebra. In the latter case the energy spectrum is purely exponential and
physical states form a reducible representation of the quantum conformal algebra su q (1, 1).