Deautonomisation of differential-difference equations and discrete Painlevé equations

We examine a family of integrable differential-difference equations and obtain their non-autonomous extensions using a discrete/continuous integrability criterion.     

Quantum Painlevé equations: from continuous to discrete and back

We present a cascade of quantum Painlevé equations consisting in successive contiguity relations, whereupon starting form a continuous equations we obtain a discrete one, and continuous limits of the latter. We start from the quantum Painlevé V and in the process derive the quantum form of continuous PIII which was missing in previous studies.      

On the relation between the continuous and discrete Painlevé equations

A method for deriving difference equations (the discrete Painlevé equations in particular) from the Bäcklund transformations of the continuous Painlevé equations is discussed. This technique can be used to derive several of the known discrete painlevé equations (in particular, the first and second discrete Painlevé equations and some of their alternative versions). The Painlevé equations possess hierarchies of rational solutions and one-parameter families of solutions expressible in terms of the classical special functions for special values of the parameters. Hence, the aforementioned relations can be used to generate hierarchies of exact solutions for the associated discrete Painlevé equations. Exact solutions of the Painlevé equations simultaneously satisfy both a differential equation and a difference equation, analogously to the special functions.     

Isomonodromic deformations of Heun and Painlevé equations

Continuing the study of the relationship between the Heun and the Painlevé classes of equations reported in two previous papers, we formulate and prove the main theorem expressing this relationship. We give a Hamiltonian interpretation of the isomonodromic deformation condition and propose an alternative classification of the Painlevé equations, which includes ten equations. Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 123, No. 3, pp. 395–406, June, 2000.     

Towards second order Lax pairs to discrete Painlevé equations of first degree

We investigate the question of finding discrete Lax pairs for the six discrete Painlevé equations (Pn). The choice we make is to discretize the pairs of Garnier, once converted to matrix form.     

Folding transformations of the Painlevé equations

New symmetries of the Painlevé differential equations, called folding transformations, are determined. These transformations are not birational but algebraic transformations of degree 2, 3, or 4. These are associated with quotients of the spaces of initial conditions of each Painlevé equation. We make the complete list of such transformations up to birational symmetries. We also discuss correspondences of special solutions of Painlevé equations.Acknowledgement The authors wish to thank Prof. Yosuke Ohyama, Prof. Shun Shimomura, and Dr. Yoshikatsu Sasaki for valuable discussions.     

Matrix Painlevé II equations

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We use the Painlevé–Kovalevskaya test to find three matrix versions of the Painlevé II equation. We interpret all these equations as...     

Second-degree Painlevé equations and their contiguity relations

We study second-order, second-degree systems related to the Painlevé equations which possess one and two parameters. In every case we show that by introducing a quantity related to the canonical Hamiltonian variables it is possible to derive such a second-degree equation. We investigate also the contiguity relations of the solutions of these higher-degree equations. In most cases these relations have the form of correspondences, which would make them non-integrable in general. However, as we show, in our case these contiguity relations are indeed integrable mappings, with a single ambiguity in their evolution (due to the sign of a square root).     

On non-isospectral flows,Painlevé equations,and symmetries of differential and difference equations

We identify the Painlevé Lax pairs with those corresponding to stationary solutions of non-isospectral flows, both for partial differential equations and differential-difference equations. We discuss symmetry reductions of integrable differential-difference equations and show that, in contrast with the continuous case, where Painlevé equations naturally arise, in the discrete case the so-called discrete Painlevé equations cannot be obtained in this way. Actually, symmetry reductions of integrable differential-difference equations naturally provide delay Painlevé equations.In Memory of Prof. M. C. PolivanovDipartimento di Fisica, P. le A. Moro 2, 00185 Roma, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Roma, Italy. Departamento de Fisica Teorica, Facultad de Fisicas, Universidad Complutense, 28040 Madrid, Spain. W561@emducm11.bitnet. Published in Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 93, No. 3, pp. 473–480, December, 1992.     

On deformations of linear systems of differential equations and the Painlevé property

We consider systems of linear differential equations discussing some classical and modern results in the Riemann problem, isomonodromic deformations, and other related topics. Against this background, we illustrate the relations between such phenomena as the integrability, the isomonodromy, and the Painlevé property. The recent advances in the theory of isomonodromic deformations presented show perfect agreement with that approach.     

“Quantizations” of higher Hamiltonian analogues of the Painlevé I and Painlevé II equations with two degrees of freedom

We construct a solution of an analogue of the Schrödinger equation for the Hamiltonian H ₁(z, t, q ₁, q ₂, p ₁, p ₂) corresponding to the second equation P ₁ ² in the Painlevé I hierarchy. This solution is obtained by an explicit change of variables from a solution of systems of linear equations whose compatibility condition is the ordinary differential equation P ₁ ² with respect to z. This solution also satisfies an analogue of the Schrödinger equation corresponding to the Hamiltonian H ₂(z, t, q ₁, q ₂, p ₁, p ₂) of a Hamiltonian system with respect to t compatible with P ₁ ² . A similar situation occurs for the P ₂ ² equation in the Painlevé II hierarchy.     

Studies on the Painlevé equations

Summary In this series of papers, we study birational canonical transformations of the Painlevé system , that is, the Hamiltonian system associated with the Painlevé differential equations. We consider also -function related to and particular solutions of . The present article concerns the sixth Painlevé equation. By giving the explicit forms of the canonical transformations of associated with the affine transformations of the space of parameters of , we obtain the non-linear representation: GG_*, of the affine Weyl group of the exceptional root system of the type F₄ A canonical transformation of G_* can extend to the correspondence of the -functions related to . We show the certain sequence of -functions satisfies the equation of the Toda lattice. Solutions of , which can be written by the use of the hypergeometric functions, are studied in details.     

Affine Weyl group symmetries of Frobenius Painlevé equations

In this paper, we introduce a Frobenius Painlevé IV equation and the corresponding Hamilton system, and we give the symmetric form of the Frobenius Painlevé IV equation. Then, we construct the Lax pair of the Frobenius Painlevé IV equation. Furthermore, we recall the Frobenius modified KP hierarchy and the Frobenius KP hierarchy by bilinear equations, then we show how to get Frobenius Painlevé IV equation from the Frobenius modified KP hierarchy. In order to study the different aspects of the Frobenius Painlevé IV equation, we give the similarity reduction and affine Weyl group symmetry of the equation. Similarly, we introduce a Frobenius Painlevé II equation and show the connection between the Frobenius modified KP hierarchy and the Frobenius Painlevé II equation.     

Hamiltonians associated with the third and fifth Painlevé equations

We obtain a Painlevé-type differential equation for the simplest rational Hamiltonian associated with the fifth Painlevé equation in the case γ ≠ 0, δ = 0. We prove the existence of Hamiltonians of a nonrational type associated with the fifth Painlevé equation in the case γ ≠ 0, δ = 0. We obtain a generalization of the Garnier and Okamoto formulas for rational Hamiltonians associated with the third Painlevé tequation.