A Lie algebraic generalization of the Mumford system, its symmetries and its multi-Hamiltonian structure (Q1302456)

The authors deal with the Mumford system which in its original form consists, for every positive integer \(g\), of a family of vector fields on an affine space (of dimension \(3g+1\)) of triples of polynomials \(U(\lambda)\), \(V(\lambda)\), \(W(\lambda)\). The simplest member of this family are \[ \begin{aligned} \dot U(\lambda)&= V(\lambda),\\ \dot V(\lambda)&= \tfrac 12 [-W(\lambda)+ (\lambda- U_{g-1}+ W_g) U(\lambda)],\\ \dot W(\lambda)&= -(\lambda- U_{g-1}+ W_g) V(\lambda), \end{aligned} \] where \(U\) and \(W\) are monics of degrees \(g\) and \(g+1\), while \(V\) has degree less than \(g\). The main goal of this paper is to generalize the Mumford system and to describe the symmetries and the multi-Hamiltonian structure of its generalizations.