Symmetries of nonlinear hyperbolic systems of the Toda chain type

We consider hyperbolic systems of equations that have full sets of integrals along both characteristics. The best known example of models of this type is given by two-dimensional open Toda chains. For systems that have integrals, we construct a differential operator that takes integrals into symmetries. For systems of the chosen type, this proves the existence of higher symmetries dependent on arbitrary functions. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 155, No. 2, pp. 344–355, May, 2008.