Nonlocal symmetries in two-field divergent evolutionary systems

We evaluate nonlocal symmetries for third-order exactly integrable two-field divergent evolutionary equations. These symmetries, regarded as evolutionary equations, commute with higher analogues of the underlying original equations and seem to be exactly integrable. By differentiating nonlocal systems and changing the variables, we obtain local hyperbolic systems and third-order nonevolutionary systems. We find a zero-curvature representation for some of the new systems. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 156, No. 3, pp. 351–363, September, 2008.     

Burgers and Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchies: A functional representation approach

Functional representations of (matrix) Burgers and potential Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (pKP) hierarchies (and others), as well as some corresponding Bäcklund transformations, can be obtained surprisingly simply from a “discrete” functional zero-curvature equation. We use these representations to show that any solution of a Burgers hierarchy is also a solution of the pKP hierarchy. Moreover, the pKP hierarchy can be expressed in the form of an inhomogeneous Burgers hierarchy. In particular, this leads to an extension of the Cole-Hopf transformation to the pKP hierarchy. Furthermore, these hierarchies are solved by the solutions of certain functional Riccati equations.     

Lax Representation for a Triplet of Scalar Fields

We construct a 3×3 matrix zero-curvature representation for the system of three two-dimensional relativistically invariant scalar fields. This system belongs to the class described by the Lagrangian L = [g _ij(u)u _x ⁱ u _t ^j]/2+f(u), where g _ij is the metric tensor of a three-dimensional reducible Riemannian space. We previously found all systems of this class that have higher polynomial symmetries of the orders 2, 3, 4, or 5. In this paper, we find a zero-curvature representation for one of these systems. The calculation is based on the analysis of an evolutionary system u _t = S(u), where S is one of the higher symmetries. This approach can also be applied to other hyperbolic systems. We also find recursion relations for a sequence of conserved currents of the triplet of scalar fields under consideration.     

Soliton surfaces in the generalized symmetry approach

We investigate some features of generalized symmetries of integrable systems aiming to obtain the Fokas–Gel’fand formula for the immersion of two-dimensional soliton surfaces in Lie algebras. We show that if there exists a common symmetry of the zero-curvature representation of an integrable partial differential equation and its linear spectral problem, then the Fokas–Gel’fand immersion formula is applicable in its original form. In the general case, we show that when the symmetry of the zero-curvature representation is not a symmetry of its linear spectral problem, then the immersion function of the two-dimensional surface is determined by an extended formula involving additional terms in the expression for the tangent vectors. We illustrate these results with examples including the elliptic ordinary differential equation and the CP^N?1 sigma-model equation.     

Coverings and Integrability of the Gauss–Mainardi–Codazzi Equations

Using the covering theory approach (zero-curvature representations with the gauge group SL), we insert the spectral parameter into the Gauss–Mainardi–Codazzi equations in Chebyshev and geodesic coordinates. For each choice, four integrable systems are obtained.     

Large-Data Solutions in a Three-Dimensional Chemotaxis-Haptotaxis System with Remodeling of Non-diffusible Attractant: The Role of Sub-linear Production of Diffusible Signal

We generalise to the \(\mathbb{Z}_{2}\)-graded set-up a practical method for inspecting the (non)removability of parameters in zero-curvature representations for partial differential equations (PDEs) under the action of smooth families of gauge transformations. We illustrate the generation and elimination of parameters in the flat structures over \(\mathbb{Z}_{2}\)-graded PDEs by analysing the link between deformation of zero-curvature representations via infinitesimal gauge transformations and, on the other hand, propagation of linear coverings over PDEs using the Frölicher–Nijenhuis bracket.

     

Twisted Equivariant Matter

We show how general principles of symmetry in quantum mechanics lead to twisted notions of a group representation. This framework generalizes both the classical threefold way of real/complex/ quaternionic representations as well as a corresponding tenfold way which has appeared in condensed matter and nuclear physics. We establish a foundation for discussing continuous families of quantum systems. Having done so, topological phases of quantum systems can be defined as deformation classes of continuous families of gapped Hamiltonians. For free particles, there is an additional algebraic structure on the deformation classes leading naturally to notions of twisted equivariant K-theory. In systems with a lattice of translational symmetries, we show that there is a canonical twisting of the equivariant K-theory of the Brillouin torus. We give precise mathematical definitions of two invariants of the topological phases which have played an important role in the study of topological insulators. Twisted equivariant K-theory provides a finer classification of topological insulators than has been previously available.     

Cyclic Bases of Zero-Curvature Representations: Five Illustrations to One Concept

The paper contains five examples of using cyclic bases of zero-curvature representations in studies of weak and strong Lax pairs, hierarchies of evolution systems, and recursion operators.     

Darboux transformations and recursion operators for differential-difference equations

We review two concepts directly related to the Lax representations of integrable systems: Darboux transformations and recursion operators. We present an extensive list of integrable differential-difference equations with their Hamiltonian structures, recursion operators, nontrivial generalized symmetries, and Darboux-Lax representations. The new results include multi-Hamiltonian structures and recursion operators for integrable Volterra-type equations and integrable discretizations of derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equations such as the Kaup-Newell, Chen-Lee-Liu, and Ablowitz-Ramani-Segur (Gerdjikov-Ivanov) lattices. We also compute the weakly nonlocal inverse recursion operators.     

A conjecture concerning nonlocal terms of recursion operators

We provide examples to extend a recent conjecture concerning the relation between zero curvature representations and nonlocal terms of inverse recursion operators to all recursion operators in dimension two. Namely, we conjecture that nonlocal terms of recursion operators are always related to a suitable zero-curvature representation, not necessarily depending on a parameter or taking values in a semisimple algebra. In particular, the conventional pseudodifferential recursion operators correspond to abelian Lie algebras. __________ Translated from Fundamentalnaya i Prikladnaya Matematika (Fundamental and Applied Mathematics), Vol. 12, No. 7, pp. 23–33, 2006.     

Symmetric spaces and Lie triple systems in numerical analysis of differential equations

A remarkable number of different numerical algorithms can be understood and analyzed using the concepts of symmetric spaces and Lie triple systems, which are well known in differential geometry from the study of spaces of constant curvature and their tangents. This theory can be used to unify a range of different topics, such as polar-type matrix decompositions, splitting methods for computation of the matrix exponential, composition of selfadjoint numerical integrators and dynamical systems with symmetries and reversing symmetries. The thread of this paper is the following: involutive automorphisms on groups induce a factorization at a group level, and a splitting at the algebra level. In this paper we will give an introduction to the mathematical theory behind these constructions, and review recent results. Furthermore, we present a new Yoshida-like technique, for self-adjoint numerical schemes, that allows to increase the order of preservation of symmetries by two units. The proposed techniques has the property that all the time-steps are positive.     

On the equivalence of Lie symmetries and group representations

We consider families of linear, parabolic PDEs in n dimensions which possess Lie symmetry groups of dimension at least four. We identify the Lie symmetry groups of these equations with the (2n+1)-dimensional Heisenberg group and SL(2,R). We then show that for PDEs of this type, the Lie symmetries may be regarded as global projective representations of the symmetry group. We construct explicit intertwining operators between the symmetries and certain classical projective representations of the symmetry groups. Banach algebras of symmetries are introduced.     

A Note on Hyperbolic Flows in Sub-Riemannian Structures with Transverse Symmetries

The curvature and the reduced curvature are basic differential invariants of the pair (Hamiltonian system, Lagrangian distribution) on a symplectic manifold. We consider the Hamiltonian flows of the curve of least action of natural mechanical systems in sub-Riemannian structures with symmetries. We give sufficient conditions for the reduced flows (after reduction of the first integrals induced from the symmetries) to be hyperbolic in terms of the reduced curvature and show new examples of Anosov flows.     

Reduced Variational Formulations in Free Boundary Continuum Mechanics

We present the material, spatial, and convective representations for elasticity and fluids with a free boundary from the Lagrangian reduction point of view, using the material and spatial symmetries of these systems. The associated constrained variational principles are formulated and the resulting equations of motion are deduced. In addition, we introduce general free boundary continua that contain both elasticity and free boundary hydrodynamics, extend for them various classical notions, and present the constrained variational principles and the equations of motion in the three representations.     

Generalized notions of symmetry of ODEs and reduction procedures

This paper describes the notion of σ‐symmetry, which extends the one of λ‐symmetry, and its application to reduction procedures of systems of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) and of dynamical systems (DS) as well. We also consider orbital symmetries, which give rise to a different form of reduction of DS. Finally, we discuss how DS can be transformed into higher order ODEs, and how these symmetry properties of the DS can be transferred into reduction properties of the corresponding ODEs. Many examples illustrate the various situations. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

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非Chetaev型变质量非完整系统的Lie对称性与Noether对称性

研究非Chetaev型变质量非完整系统的Lie对称性与Noether对称性以及其间的 关系,给出Lie对称性导致Noether对称性以及Noether对称性导致Lie对称性的条件.     

On averaging,reduction, and symmetry in hamiltonian systems

The existence of periodic orbits for Hamiltonian systems at low positive energies can be deduced from the existence of nondegenerate critical points of an averaged Hamiltonian on an associated “reduced space.” Alternatively, in classical (kinetic plus potential energy) Hamiltonians the existence of such orbits can often be established by elementary geometrical arguments. The present paper unifies the two approaches by exploiting discrete symmetries, including reversing diffeomorphisms, that occur in a given system. The symmetries are used to locate the periodic orbits in the averaged Hamiltonian, and thence in the original Hamiltonian when the periodic orbits are continued under perturbations admitting the same symmetries. In applications to the Hénon-Heiles Hamiltonian, it is illustrated how “higher order” averaging can sometimes be used to overcome degeneracies encountered at first order.