The Green function for the Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau equation

We present a calculation of the Green function for the Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau equation in the case of scalar and vectorial particles interacting with a square barrier potential, and relate it to that of the Klein–Gordon equation. A formal Hamiltonian of the Duffin–Kemmer–Petiau theory is first developed using the Feshbach–Villars analogy and the Sakata and Taketani decomposition. The coefficients of reflection and transmission are deduced.     

Lie algebra structures for four-component Hamiltonian hydrodynamic type systems

Four-component Hamiltonian systems of hydrodynamic type induce, through the Haantjes tensor, a Lie algebra structure on tangent planes in the space of dependent variables. We show that this Lie algebra is either reductive or solvable with a nilpotent three-dimensional subalgebra. We demonstrate how the precise Lie algebraic structure is determined by the Hamiltonian structure of the system. An application to perturbations of the Benney system is presented.     

Variational derivation of KdV-type models for surface water waves

Using the Hamiltonian formulation of surface waves, we approximate the kinetic energy and restrict the governing generalized action principle to a submanifold of uni-directional waves. Different from the usual method of using a series expansion in parameters related to wave height and wavelength, the variational methods retains the Hamiltonian structure (with consequent energy and momentum conservation) and makes it possible to derive equations for any dispersive approximation. Consequentially, the procedure is valid for waves above finite and above infinite depth, and for any approximation of dispersion, while quadratic terms in the wave height are modeled correctly. For finite depth this leads to higher-order KdV type of equations with terms of different spatial order. For waves above infinite depth, the pseudo-differential operators cannot be approximated by finite differential operators and all quadratic terms are of the same spatial order.     

A Hamiltonian Formulation of Water Waves with Constant Vorticity

We show that the governing equations for two-dimensional water waves with constant vorticity can be formulated as a canonical Hamiltonian system, in which one of the canonical variables is the surface elevation. This generalizes the well-known formulation due to Zakharov [32] in the irrotational case.      

On Properties of Hamiltonian Structures for a Class of Evolutionary PDEs

In a recent paper we proved that for certain class of perturbations of the hyperbolic equation u _t = f (u)u _x , there exist changes of coordinate, called quasi-Miura transformations, that reduce the perturbed equations to the unperturbed one. We prove in the present paper that if in addition the perturbed equations possess Hamiltonian structures of certain type, the same quasi-Miura transformations also reduce the Hamiltonian structures to their leading terms. By applying this result, we obtain a criterion of the existence of Hamiltonian structures for a class of scalar evolutionary PDEs and an algorithm to find out the Hamiltonian structures.      

Hamiltonian operators and associative algebras with a derivation

We prove that an algebraic structure proposed by Gel'fand and Dorfman in studying Hamiltonian operators is equivalent to an associative algebra with a derivation under a unitary condition.     

The classical su(2) invariance of the su(2) q -invariant XXZ spin chain

The XXZ spin-chain Hamiltonian has been constructed to be su(2) _q -invariant, but naively does not appear to be su(2)-invariant. However, using recently discovered deforming maps between representations of su(2) _q and corresponding representations of su(2), we prove a theorem which states that if a Hamiltonian is su(2) _q -invariant, it is also su(2)-invariant. The theorem generalizes to any quantized Lie algebra.     

The commutator method for form-relatively compact perturbations

We present a variant of the conjugate operator method which can be used when the group generated by the conjugate operator leaves invariant only the form domain of the Hamiltonian. As an example, we get detailed spectral properties and a large class of locally smooth operators for two-body Schrödinger Hamiltonians with form-relatively compact potentials.     

Recursion operators and Hamiltonian structures in Sato's theory

Following Sato's famous construction of the KP hierarchy as a hierarchy of commuting Lax equations on the algebra of microdifferential operators, it is shown that n-reduction leads to a recursive scheme for these equations. Explicit expressions for the recursion operators and the Hamiltonian operators are obtained.     

Poisson brackets,Novikov-Leibniz structures and integrable Riemann hydrodynamic systems

A general differential-algebraic approach is devised for constructing multi-component Hamiltonian operators as differentiations on suitably constructed loop Lie algebras. The related Novikov-Leibniz algebraic structures are presented and a new non-associative “Riemann” algebra is constructed, which is closely related to the infinite multi-component Riemann integrable hierarchies. A close relationship to the standard symplectic analysis techniques is also discussed.     

Hirota equation as an example of an integrable symplectic map

The Hamiltonian formalism is developed for the sine-Gordon model on the spacetime light-like lattice, first introduced by Hirota. The evolution operator is explicitly constructed in the quantum variant of the model and the integrability of the corresponding classical finite-dimensional system is established.     

Remarks on Hamiltonian structures of the KP hierarchy and W KP( q ) algebra

It is known that second Hamiltonian structures of the KP hierarchy are parameterized by a continuous complex parameter q and correspond to the W-infinite algebra of W _infKP ^sup(q) . In this Letter, by constructing a Miura map, we first show a generalized decomposition theorem to the second Hamiltonian structures and then establish a relation between those structures which corresponds to values (q+1) and q of the parameter, respectively. This discussion also gives a better understanding to the structures of W _infKP ^sup(q) , its reduced algebras, and their free fields realizations.     

The Bohm-Aharonov effect: A seven-dimensional structural group

We realize a nonfaithful representation of a seven-dimensional Lie algebra, the extension of which to its universal enveloping algebra contains most of the observables of the scattering Aharonov-Bohm effect, as essentially self-adjoint operators: the scattering Hamiltonian, the total and kinetic angular momenta, the positions and the kinetic momenta. By restriction, we obtain the model introduced in Lett. Math. Phys. 1 (1976), 155–163.     

Free-field realization of theWKP(N) algebra

TheW _KP ^(N) algebra has been identified with the second Hamiltonian structure in theNth Hamiltonian pair of the KP hierarchy. In this Letter, by constructing the Miura map that decomposes the second Hamiltonian structure in theNth pair of the KP hierarchy, we show thatW _KP ^(N) can also be decomposed toN independent copies ofW _KP ⁽¹⁾ algebras, therefore its free-field realization can be worked out by constructing free fields for each copy ofW _KP ⁽¹⁾ . In this way, the free fields may consist ofN + 2n number of bosons, among them, 2n are in pairs, wheren is an arbitrary integer between 1 andN. We also express the currents ofW _KP ^(N) in terms of the currents ofN —n copies of U(1) andn copies of SL(2,R) _k algebras with levelk = 1. By reductions, we give similar results forW ^(N) andW ₃ ⁽²⁾ algebra.     

Non-Hamiltonian systems separable by Hamilton–Jacobi method

We show that with every separable classical Stäckel system of Benenti type on a Riemannian space one can associate, by a proper deformation of the metric tensor, a multi-parameter family of non-Hamiltonian systems on the same space, sharing the same trajectories and related to the seed system by appropriate reciprocal transformations. These systems are known as bi-cofactor systems and are integrable in quadratures as the seed Hamiltonian system is. We show that with each class of bi-cofactor systems a pair of separation curves can be related. We also investigate the conditions under which a given flat bi-cofactor system can be deformed to a family of geodesically equivalent flat bi-cofactor systems.     

Loop Group-Valued CS and WZNW models,integrable systems,and self-dual Yang-Mills theory

Affine CS and WZNW theories with values in infinite-dimensional (loop) groups are proposed. It appears that the affine CS theory naturally introduces a spectral parameter into a CS theory. The Sinh-Gordon, KdV, and nonlinear Schrödinger equations are obtained, via Hamiltonian reductions, from the affine WZNW. It is shown that the self-dual Yang-Mills (SDYM) equation is related to the equation of motion of the affine WZNW and, thus, symmetry algebra underlying the SDYM can be identified with the affine two-loop Kac-Moody algebra of the affine WZNW.K. C. Wong Research Award Winner, address after 28 October 1992: Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia.     

On the finiteness of the discrete spectrum of four-particle lattice Schrödinger operators

A Hamiltonian describing four quantum mechanical particles (bosons) moving on a lattice is considered. The corresponding Fredholm's integral equations of the Faddeev-Yakubovskii and Weinberg type are obtained and the location and structure of the essential spectrum are studied. The finiteness of the discrete spectrum for all interactions and the absence of eigenvalues lying outside the essential spectrum for the case of “weak interactions” are proved.     

Induction for weak symplectic Banach manifolds

The symplectic induction procedure is extended to the case of weak symplectic Banach manifolds. Using this procedure, one constructs hierarchies of integrable Hamiltonian systems related to the Banach Lie–Poisson spaces of k$k$-diagonal trace class operators.     

Perturbed periodic Hamiltonians: Essential Spectrum and exponential decay of eigenfunctions

Spectral properties of – +V(x), whereV(x) lies in a neighbourhood of the periodic case and describes various models of disorder, are studied. We prove the exponential decay of generalized eigenfunctions corresponding to energies in the resolvent set of the unperturbed periodic Hamiltonian, as well as the stability of the essential spectrum for the dislocation disorder in two dimensions.