Linear integral equations, infinite matrices, and soliton hierarchies

  • Wei Fu*
  • , Frank W. Nijhoff
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A systematic framework is presented for the construction of hierarchies of soliton equations. This is realised by considering scalar linear integral equations and their representations in terms of infinite matrices, which give rise to all (2 + 1)- and (1 + 1)-dimensional soliton hierarchies associated with scalar differential spectral problems. The integrability characteristics for the obtained soliton hierarchies, including Miura-type transforms, τ-functions, Lax pairs, and soliton solutions, are also derived within this framework.

Original languageEnglish
Article number071101
JournalJournal of Mathematical Physics
Volume59
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jul 2018
Externally publishedYes

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