Model equation of the theory of solitons

We consider the hierarchy of integrable (1+2)-dimensional equations related to the Lie algebra of vector fields on the line. We construct solutions in quadratures that contain n arbitrary functions of a single argument. A simple equation for the generating function of the hierarchy, which determines the dynamics in negative times and finds applications to second-order spectral problems, is of main interest. Considering its polynomial solutions under the condition that the corresponding potential is regular allows developing a rather general theory of integrable (1+1)-dimensional equations. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 153, No. 1, pp. 29–45, October, 2007.