On a method for constructing the Lax pairs for integrable models via a quadratic ansatz

Abstract

A method for constructing the Lax pairs for nonlinear integrable models is suggested. First we look for a nonlinear invariant manifold of the linearization of the given equation. Examples show that such an invariant manifold does exist and can effectively be found. Actually, it is defined by a quadratic form. As a result we get a nonlinear Lax pair consisting of the linearized equation and the invariant manifold. Our second step consists of finding an appropriate change of the variables to linearize the found nonlinear Lax pair. The desired change of the variables is again defined by a quadratic form. The method is illustrated by the well-known KdV equation, the modified Volterra chain and a less studied coupled lattice connected to the affine Lie algebra . New Lax pairs are found. The formal asymptotic expansions for their eigenfunctions are constructed around the singular values of the spectral parameter. By applying the method of the formal diagonalization to these Lax pairs, the infinite series of the local conservation laws are obtained for the corresponding nonlinear models.