The role of the Hulthén potential on the spin and
pseudospin symmetry solutions is investigated systematically by solving
the Dirac equation with attractive scalar and repulsive vector
potentials. The spin and pseudospin symmetry along with orbital
dependency (pseudospin–orbit and spin–orbit dependent couplings) of the
Dirac equation are included to the solution by introducing the
Hulthén-square approximation. This effective approach is based on
forming the spin and pseudo-centrifugal kinetic energy term from the
square of the Hulthén potential. The analytical solutions of the Dirac
equation for the Hulthén potential with the spin–orbit and
pseudospin–orbit-dependent couplings are obtained by using the
Nikiforov–Uvarov (NU) method. The energy eigenvalue equations and wave
functions for various degenerate states are presented for several
spin–orbital, pseudospin–orbital and radial quantum numbers under the
condition of the spin and pseudospin symmetry.