On Lie algebras responsible for integrability of (1+1)-dimensional scalar evolution PDEs

Abstract

Zero-curvature representations (ZCRs) are one of the main tools in the theory of integrable PDEs. In [13], for any (1+1)-dimensional scalar evolution equation E, we defined a family of Lie algebras F(E) which are responsible for all ZCRs of E in the following sense. Representations of the algebras F(E) classify all ZCRs of the equation E up to local gauge transformations. In [12] we showed that, using these algebras, one obtains necessary conditions for existence of a Bäcklund transformation between two given equations.In this paper we show that, using the algebras F(E), one obtains some necessary conditions for integrability of (1+1)-dimensional scalar evolution PDEs, where integrability is understood in the sense of soliton theory. Using these conditions, we prove non-integrability for some scalar evolution PDEs of order 5. Also, we prove a result announced in [13] on the structure of the algebras F(E) for certain classes of equations of orders 3, 5, 7, which include KdV, mKdV, Kaup–Kupershmidt, Sawada–Kotera type equations. Among the obtained algebras for equations considered in this paper and in [12], one finds infinite-dimensional Lie algebras of certain polynomial matrix-valued functions on affine algebraic curves of genus 1 and 0.