Riccati-Type Equations, Generalised WZNW Equations, and Multidimensional Toda Systems

We associate to an arbitrary ℤ-gradation of the Lie algebra of a Lie group a system of Riccati-type first order differential equations. The particular cases under consideration are the ordinary Riccati and the matrix Riccati equations. The multidimensional extension of these equations is given. The generalisation of the associated Redheffer–Reid differential systems appears in a natural way. The connection between the Toda systems and the Riccati-type equations in lower and higher dimensions is established. Within this context the integrability problem for those equations is studied. As an illustration, some examples of the integrable multidimensional Riccati-type equations related to the maximally nonabelian Toda systems are given. Received: 3 August 1998 / Accepted: 21 December 1998     

Bilocal lie groups and solitons

A group theoretical scheme where solition equations are associated with the integrability conditions for differential system is proposed. These conditions ensure the existence of a bilocal Lie group structure which naturally generates a set of conserved currents for arbitrary space-time dimensions.     

Applications of Lie Symmetries to Higher Dimensional Gravitating Fluids

We consider a radiating shear-free spherically symmetric metric in higher dimensions. Several new solutions to the Einstein’s equations are found systematically using the method of Lie analysis of differential equations. Using the five Lie point symmetries of the fundamental field equation, we obtain either an implicit solution or we can reduce the governing equations to a Riccati equation. We show that known solutions of the Einstein equations can produce infinite families of new solutions. Earlier results in four dimensions are shown to be special cases of our generalised results.     

Double Bracket Equations and Geodesic Flows on Symmetric Spaces

In this paper we consider the geometry of Hamiltonian flows on the cotangent bundle of coadjoint orbits of compact Lie groups and on symmetric spaces. A key idea here is the use of the normal metric to define the kinetic energy. This leads to Hamiltonian flows of the double bracket type. We analyze the integrability of geodesic flows according to the method of Thimm. We obtain via the double bracket formalism a quite explicit form of the relevant commuting flows and a correspondingly transparent proof of involutivity. We demonstrate for example integrability of the geodesic flow on the real and complex Grassmannians. We also consider right invariant systems and the generalized rigid body equations in this setting. Received:23 July 1996 / Accepted: 16 December 1996     

The symmetries of Dynkin diagrams and the reduction of Toda field equations

The exist generalizations of the Toda lattice equations involving the Cartan matrices constructed from the simple and extended root systems of any simple Lie algebra. Toda's original equations correspond to the large-N limit of SU(N). All these equations are known to constitute the integrability conditions for a certain linear problem and as such to have remarkable properties. The symmetries of the equations are investigated by studying the corresponding Dynkin diagrams which conveniently encode the structure of the equations. Corresponding to each conjugacy class of this symmetry group, “reductions” of the equations may be made whereby identification of symmetrically related variables leads to new, self-consistent equations which are integrable in the same sense as before. The new equations which can be regarded as multicomponent generalizations of the Bullough-Dodd equation are shown to correspond precisely to the generalized Cartan matrices classified in the mathematical literature.     

Inverse scattering method and vector higher order non-linear Schrödinger equation

A generalized inverse scattering method has been developed for arbitrary n-dimensional Lax equations. Subsequently, the method has been used to obtain N-soliton solutions of a vector higher order non-linear Schrödinger equation, proposed by us. It has been shown that under a suitable reduction, the vector higher order non-linear Schrödinger equation reduces to the higher order non-linear Schrödinger equation. An infinite number of conserved quantities have been obtained by solving a set of coupled Riccati equations. Gauge equivalence is shown between the vector higher order non-linear Schrödinger equation and the generalized Landau–Lifshitz equation and the Lax pair for the latter equation has also been constructed in terms of the spin field, establishing direct integrability of the spin system.     

The GHP conformai Killing equations and their integrability conditions,with application to twisting type N vacuum spacetimes

The conformai Killing equations in resolved form and their first and second integrability conditions are obtained in the compact spin coefficient formalism for arbitrary spacetimes. To facilitate calculations an operatorL is introduced which agrees with the Lie derivative only when operating on quantities with GHP weights (0,0). The resulting equations are used to find the conditions for the existence of a two dimensional non-Abelian group of homothetic motions in a twisting typeN vacuum spacetime. The equivalence of two such sets of metrics is established, metrics that were recently the subject of independent investigations by Herlt on the one hand and by Ludwig and Yu on the other.     

Integrability of two interactingN-dimensional rigid bodies

A new class of integrable Euler equations on the Lie algebra so(2n) describing twon-dimensional interacting rigid bodies is found. A Lax representation of equations of motion which depends on a spectral parameter is given and complete integrability is proved. The double hamiltonian structure and the Lax representation of the general flow is discussed.On leave of absence from the Institute for Theoretical Physics of Warsaw University, ul. Hoza 69, PL-00-681 Warsaw, Poland     

A nonlinear superposition principle admitted by coupled Riccati equations of the projective type

A definite theorem due to Lie which group theoretically characterizes those systems of ordinary differential equations which possess nonlinear superposition principles is employed along with an observation by Lie on the exponentiated form of a fibered Lie algebra to obtain an explicit expression for the Vessiot-Guldberg-Lie nonlinear superposition principle admitted by n-coupled Riccati equations of the projective type. This also, immediately, yields an explicit expression for the generalized cross-ratio for the projective group in n-dimensions.Reported at the Georgia Workshop in Mathematical Physics, November 26–28, 1979, UGA, Athens, Georgia.     

Letter: Path Integral Quantization of 2D-Gravity

2D-gravity is investigated using the Hamilton-Jacobi formalism. The equations of motion and the action integral are obtained as total differential equations in many variables. The integrability conditions lead us to obtain the path integral quantization without any need to introduce any extra un-physical variables.     

Similarity Reductions and Painlev6 Properties for the Kupershmidt Equations

Five types of similarity reductions of the Kupershmidt equations which admit a tri-Hamiltonian structure are found by a direct method. Two types of reduction equations which are Painlevé Ⅱ and IV types are coincident with those obtained by classical Lie approach. Both algebraic and logarithmic branch points for time t can be entered into the solutions of Kupershmidt equations. The integrability of the Kupershmidt equations is re-examined by the singularity analysis using the Weiss-Kruskal approach and the A blowitz-Ramani-Segur algorithm.     

Group theoretical approach to superposition rules for systems of Riccati equations

The group theoretical structure shown by Lie to underlie systems of ordinary differential equations having a superposition rule, is used to explicitly derive such rules for Riccati equations associated to projective and conformal group actions.Work supported in part by the National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Ministère de l'Education du Governement du Québec.     

A Symmetry Connection Between Hyperbolic and Parabolic Equations

Abstract

We give ansatzes obtained from Lie symmetries of some hyperbolic equations which reduce these equations to the heat or Schrödinger equations. This enables us to construct new solutions of the hyperbolic equations using the Lie and conditional symmetries of the parabolic equations. Moreover, we note that any equation related to such a hyperbolic equation (for example the Dirac equation) also has solutions constructed from the heat and Schrödinger equations.     

Second Order Integrability Conditions for Difference Equations: An Integrable Equation

Integrability conditions for difference equations admitting a second order formal recursion operator are presented and the derivation of symmetries and canonical conservation laws are discussed. In a generic case, some of these conditions yield nonlocal conservation laws. A new integrable equation satisfying the second order integrability conditions is presented and its integrability is established by the construction of symmetries, conservation laws and a 3 × 3 Lax representation. Finally, via the relation of the symmetries of this equation to the Bogoyavlensky lattice, an integrable asymmetric quad equation and a consistent pair of difference equations are derived.     

Integro-differential non-linear equations and continual Lie algebras

The integrability problem of integro-differential equations with, generally speaking, singular kernels is discussed after an example of new continual analogs of the two-dimensional Toda lattices. These equations are associated with new infinite-dimensional Lie algebras via zero curvature type representation. The structural constants of these algebras are distributions. A formal solution of the Goursát problem is obtained. For the case with the kernel of the integral operator being _±-distribution an explicit expression in quadratures for the solutions is given.     

The extended Fan's sub-equation method and its application to KdV–MKdV,BKK and variant Boussinesq equations

An extended Fan's sub-equation method is used for constructing exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (NLPDEs). The key idea of this method is to take full advantage of the general elliptic equation involving five parameters which has more new solutions and whose degeneracies can lead to special sub-equations involving three parameters. More new solutions are obtained for KdV–MKdV, Broer–Kaup–Kupershmidt (BKK) and variant Boussinesq equations. Then we present a technique which not only gives us a clear relation among this general elliptic equation and other sub-equations involving three parameters (Riccati equation, first kind elliptic equation, auxiliary ordinary equation, generalized Riccati equation and so on), but also provides an approach to construct new exact solutions to NLPDEs.     

Lax Pairs and Integrability Conditions of Higher-Order Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations

We derive the Lax pairs and integrability conditions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with higher-order terms, complex potentials, and time-dependent coefficients. Cubic and quintic nonlinearities together with derivative terms are considered. The Lax pairs and integrability conditions for some of the well-known nonlinear Schrödinger equations, including a new equation which was not considered previously in the literature, are then derived as special cases. We show most clearly with a similarity transformation that the higher-order terms restrict the integrability to linear potential in contrast with quadratic potential for the standard nonlinear Schrödinger equation.     

Representation theory and integration of nonlinear spherically symmetric equations to gauge theories

A constructive proof of complete integrability of spherically symmetric self-dual equations in Euclidean spaceR ₄ for an arbitrary embedding of SU(2) in an arbitrary gauge groupG is given on the base of Lax-type representation and representation theory. The equations are solved explicitly for the case of simple Lie groupsG.     

New integrable (2+1)- and (3+1)-dimensional sinh-Gordon equations with constant and time-dependent coefficients

In this work, we mainly address two new integrable (2+1)- and (3+1)-dimensional sinh-Gordon equations, which naturally appear in surface theory and fluid dynamics. The first equation includes constant coefficients, while the other is characterized with time-dependent coefficients. It is of further value to investigate the integrability of each model. This study puts forward a Painlevé test to reveal the Painlevé integrability. We show that the first equation passes the Painlevé test to confirm its integrability. However, the compatibility conditions of the second model with time-dependent coefficients provides the relation between these coefficients to ensure its integrability. We show that the dispersion relations of the two equations are distinct, whereas the phase shifts are identical. We apply the simplified Hirota's method where four sets of multiple soliton are derived for these equations.