Dispersionless KP Research Articles

Classification of Integrable (2+1)-Dimensional Quasilinear Hierarchies

We investigate the (2+1)-dimensional hierarchies associated with the integrable PDEs of the form Δ tt = F(Δxx, Δxt, Δxy), which generalize the dispersionless KP hierarchy. Integrability is understood as the existence of infinitely many hydrodynamic reductions.

S-functions, reductions and hodograph solutions of the rth dispersionless modified KP and Dym hierarchies

We introduce an S-function formulation for the recently found r-th dispersionless modified KP and r-th dispersionless Dym hierarchies, giving also a connection of these $S$-functions with the Orlov functions of the hierarchies. Then, we discuss a reduction scheme for the hierarchies that together with the $S$-function formulation leads to hodograph systems for the associated solutions. We consider also the connection of these reductions with those of the dispersionless KP hierarchy and with hydrodynamic type systems. In particular, for the 1-component and 2-component reduction we derive, for both hierarchies, ample sets of examples of explicit solutions.

On therth dispersionless Toda hierarchy: factorization problem, additional symmetries and some solutions

For a family of Poisson algebras, parametrized by by an integer number r, and an associated Lie algebraic splitting, we consider the factorization of given canonical transformations. In this context we rederive the recently found r-th dispersionless modified KP hierachies and r-th dispersionless Dym hierarchies, giving a new Miura map among them. We also found a new integrable hierarchy which we call the r-th dispersionless Toda hierarchy. Moreover, additional symmetries for these hierarchies are studied in detail and new symmetries depending on arbitrary functions are explicitly constructed for the r-th dispersionless KP, r-th dispersionless Dym and r-th dispersionless Toda equations. Some solutions are derived by examining the imposition of a time invariance to the potential r-th dispersionless Dym equation, for which a complete integral is presented and therefore an appropriate envelope leads to a general solution. Symmetries and Miura maps are applied to get new solutions and solutions of the r-th dispesionless modified KP equation.

Symmetry constraints for dispersionless integrable equations and systems of hydrodynamic type

Symmetry constraints for ( 2 + 1 ) -dimensional dispersionless integrable equations are considered. It is demonstrated that they naturally lead to certain systems of hydrodynamic type which arise within the reduction method. One also easily obtains an associated complex curve (Sato function) and corresponding generating equations. Dispersionless KP and 2DTL hierarchy are considered as illustrative examples.

Hydrodynamic reductions of multidimensional dispersionless PDEs: The test for integrability

A (d+1)-dimensional dispersionless PDE is said to be integrable if its n-component hydrodynamic reductions are locally parametrized by (d−1)n arbitrary functions of one variable. The most important examples include the four-dimensional heavenly equation descriptive of self-dual Ricci-flat metrics and its six-dimensional generalization arising in the context of sdiff(Σ2) self-dual Yang–Mills equations. Given a multidimensional PDE which does not pass the integrability test, the method of hydrodynamic reductions allows one to effectively reconstruct additional differential constraints which, when added to the equation, make it an integrable system in fewer dimensions. As an example of this phenomenon we discuss the second commuting flow of the dispersionless KP hierarchy. Considered separately, this is a four-dimensional PDE which does not pass the integrability test. However, the method of hydrodynamic reductions generates additional differential constraints which reconstruct the full (2+1)-dimensional dispersionless KP hierarchy.

Functional symmetries and solutions of the dKP hierarchy

It is shown that the dispersionless KP hierarchy possesses an infinite collection of symmetries depending on arbitrary functions of the time variables. The twistor formulation of a factorization problem determines the family of symmetries and serves for the characterization of solutions of the hierarchy.

Nonlinear Beltrami equation and τ-function for dispersionless hierarchies

It is proved that the action for nonlinear Beltrami equation (quasi-classical ∂ ̄ -problem) evaluated on its solution gives a τ-function for dispersionless KP hierarchy. Infinitesimal transformations of τ-function corresponding to variations of ∂ ̄ -data are found. Determinant equations for the function generating these transformations are derived. They represent a dispersionless analogue of singular manifold (Schwarzian) KP equations. Dispersionless 2DTL hierarchy is also considered.

Additional symmetries and solutions of the dispersionless KP hierarchy

The dispersionless KP hierarchy is considered from the point of view of the twistor formalism. A set of explicit additional symmetries is characterized and its action on the solutions of the twistor equations is studied. A method for dealing with the twistor equations by taking advantage of hodograph type equations is proposed. This method is applied for determining the orbits of solutions satisfying reduction constraints of Gelfand–Dikii type under the action of additional symmetries.

Analytic Functions and Integrable Hierarchies–Characterization of Tau Functions

We prove the dispersionless Hirota equations for the dispersionless Toda, dispersionless coupled modified KP and dispersionless KP hierarchies using an idea from classical complex analysis. We also prove that the Hirota equations characterize the tau functions for each of these hierarchies. As a result, we establish the links between the hierarchies.

Integrability in SFT and new representation of dispersionless KP tau-function

We are investigating the properties of vacuum and boundary states in the CFT of free bosons under the conformal transformation. We show that transformed vacuum (boundary state) is given in terms of tau-functions of dispersionless KP (Toda) hierarchies. Applications of this approach to string field theory is considered. We recognize in Neumann coefficients the matrix of second derivatives of tau-function of dispersionless KP and identify surface states with the conformally transformed vacuum of free field theory.

Integrable structures in string field theory

We give a simple proof that the Neumann coefficients of surface states in Witten's SFT satisfy the Hirota equations for dispersionless KP hierarchy. In a similar way we show that the Neumann coefficients for the three string vertex in the same theory obey the Hirota equations of the dispersionless Toda Lattice hierarchy. We conjecture that the full (dispersive) Toda Lattice hierachy and, even more attractively a two–matrix model, may underlie open SFT.

Einstein–Weyl spaces and dispersionless Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation from Painlevé I and II

We present two constructions of new solutions to the dispersionless KP (dKP) equation arising from the first two Painlev\'e transcendents. The first construction is a hodograph transformation based on Einstein--Weyl geometry, the generalised Nahm's equation and the isomonodromy problem. The second construction, motivated by the first, is a direct characterisation of solutions to dKP which are constant on a central quadric. We show how the solutions to the dKP equations can be used to construct some three-dimensional Einstein--Weyl structures, and four--dimensional anti-self-dual null-K\"ahler metrics.

Reductions and hodograph solutions of the dispersionless KP hierarchy

A general scheme for analysing reductions of dispersionless integrable hierarchies is presented. It is based on a method for determining the S-function by means of a system of first-order differential equations. Compatibility systems of nonlinear partial differential equations of Bourlet type characterizing both reductions and hodograph solutions of the dKP hierarchy are obtained. Wide classes of illustrative explicit examples are exhibited.

Quasiconformal Mappings and Solutions of the Dispersionless KP hierarchy

A \(\overline \partial \) formalism for studying dispersionless integrable hierarchies is applied to the dispersionless KP (dKP) hierarchy. We relate this formalism to the theory of quasiconformal mappings on the plane and present some classes of explicit solutions of the dKP hierarchy.

Reductions of the Dispersionless KP Hierarchy

We present a method for constructing the S-function based on a system of first-order differential equations and use it to analyze reductions of dispersionless integrable hierarchies.

The $\bar{\partial}$-approach to the dispersionless KP hierarchy

The dispersionless limit of the scalar nonlocal ∂-problem is derived. It is given by a special class of nonlinear first-order equations. A quasiclassical version of the ∂-dressing method is presented. It is shown that the algebraic formulation of dispersionless hierarchies can be expressed in terms of properties of Beltrami-type equations. The universal Whitham hierarchy and, in particular, the dispersionless KP hierarchy turn out to be rings of symmetries for the quasiclassical ∂-problem. PACS number: 02.30.Uk

Associativity equations in dispersionless integrable hierarchies

We discuss the origin of the associativity (WDVV) equations in the context of quasiclassical or Whitham hierarchies. The associativity equations are shown to be encoded in the dispersionless limit of the Hirota equations for KP and Toda hierarchies. We show, therefore, that any tau-function of dispersionless KP or Toda hierarchy provides a solution to associativity equations. In general, they depend on infinitely many variables. We also discuss the particular solution to the dispersionless Toda hierarchy that describes conformal mappings and construct a family of new solutions to the WDVV equations depending on finite number of variables.

Formula omitted]-equations, integrable deformations of quasiconformal mappings and Whitham hierarchy

It is shown that the dispersionless scalar integrable hierarchies and, in general, the universal Whitham hierarchy are nothing but classes of integrable deformations of quasiconformal mappings on the plane. Examples of deformations of quasiconformal mappings associated with explicit solutions of the dispersionless KP hierarchy are presented.

Volume Preserving Multidimensional Integrable Systems and Nambu–Poisson Geometry

In this paper we study generalized classes of volume preserving multidimensional integrable systems via Nambu–Poisson mechanics. These integrable systems belong to the same class of dispersionless KP type equation. Hence they bear a close resemblance to the self dual Einstein equation. All these dispersionless KP and dToda type equations can be studied via twistor geometry, by using the method of Gindikin’s pencil of two forms. Following this approach we study the twistor construction of our volume preserving systems.

Waterbag reductions of the dispersionless discrete KP hierarchy

We consider the dispersionless limit of the discrete KP hierarchy. We describe a family of N-parameter `waterbag' reductions of the hierarchy and give sufficient conditions for the reduced equations of motion to be hyperbolic. Using Geogdzhaev's method, we solve the initial value problem for the reduced system. The solution is implicit, in generalized hodograph form (Tsarev S P 1985 Sov. Math.-Dokl. 31 488). The relationship of this form of the solution to the properties of the hierarchy, the reduction and the initial data is discussed briefly, indicating how this construction might be generalized.