The Korteweg-de Vries hierarchy of isospectral transformations: Towards a general explicit expression

Avia Rosenhouse, Jacob Katriel

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Abstract

The structure of the Korteweg-de Vries hierarchy of evolution equations, generating isospectral transformations, is elucidated by means of a study of its recurrence relations. For the mth member of the KdV hierarchy, which can be written in the form Vt = -2Am+1,x, where the Ai satisfy the recurrence relation Am+1,x = VAm,x + 1/2AmVx - 1/4Am,xxx, it is shown that A m is a homogeneous polynomial in ∂i V/∂x i. A general combinatorial formula for the coefficients of all the monomials entering Am, up to a set of constants determined by means of a recurrence relation, is derived.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1344-1350
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Mathematical Physics
Volume28
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987
Externally publishedYes

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