\(q\)-deformed KP hierarchy and \(q\)-deformed constrained KP hierarchy (Q2495217)

Using the determinant representation of gauge transformation operator, we show that the general form of the \(\tau\) function of the \(q\)-KP hierarchy is a \(q\)-deformed generalized Wronskian, which includes the \(q\)-deformed Wronskian as a special case. On the basis of these, we study the \(q\)-deformed constrained KP (\(q\)-cKP) hierarchy, i.e., \(l\)-constraints of the \(q\)-KP hierarchy. Similar to the ordinary constrained KP (cKP) hierarchy, a large class of solutions of the \(q\)-cKP hierarchy can be represented by the \(q\)-deformed Wronskian determinant of functions satisfying a set of linear \(q\)-partial differential equations with constant coefficients. We obtain additional conditions for these functions imposed by the constraints. In particular, the effects of the \(q\)-deformation (q-effects) in a single \(q\)-soliton from the simplest \(\tau\) function of the \(q\)-KP hierarchy and in the multi-\(q\)-soliton from a one-component \(q\)-cKP hierarchy, and their dependence of \(x\) and \(q\), are also presented. Finally, we observe that the \(q\)-soliton tends to the usual soliton of the KP equation when \(x\to 0\) and \(q\to 1\), simultaneously.