Compatible metrics of constant Riemannian curvature: local geometry, nonlinear equations, and integrability (Q1812433)

Let \(g'\) and \(g''\) be two pseudo-Riemannian metrics. The metrics \(g'\) and \(g''\) are said to be compatibles if for any linear combination \(g = ag' + bg''\), where \(a, b\) are arbitrary constants such that the \(\det(g)\) is non-zero, the coefficients of the Levi-Civita connections and the components of the corresponding Riemannian curvature tensors are related by the same linear formula; in this case, the metrics \(g'\) and \(g''\) form a pencil of compatible metrics. In a previous paper [\textit{O. I. Mokhov}, Funct. Anal. Appl. 35, No. 2, 100--110 (2001); translation from Funkts. Anal. Prilozh. 35, No. 2, 24--36 (2001; Zbl 1005.53016); see also math.DG/0005051], the author considered the description problem for flat pencils of metrics; also, a method for integrating the nonlinear equations for nonsingular (i.e. the eigenvalues of the pair \(g', g''\) are distinct) flat pencils of metrics was proposed. In the present paper, the description problem for nonsingular pencils of constant curvature is solved. The integrability of the nonlinear equations by the inverse scattering method is proved. In terms of Ferapontov's method [\textit{E. V. Ferapontov}, J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 34, No. 11, 2377--2388 (2001; Zbl 1010.37044), math.DG/0005221], the Lax Pair with a spectral parameter is derived from the linear problem for the system of nonlinear equations describing all orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems in an \(n\)-dimensional space of constant curvature.