Almost integrable evolution equations

We present a 2-component equation with exactly two nontrivial generalized symmetries, a counterexample to Fokas' conjecture that equations with as many symmetries as components are integrable. Furthermore we prove the existence of infinitely many evolution equations with finitely many symmetries. We introduce the concept of almost integrability to describe the situation where one has a finite number of symmetries. The symbolic calculus of Gel'fand-Dikiî andp-adic analysis are used to prove our results.