Deformations of semisimple Poisson pencils of hydrodynamic type are unobstructed (Q1700313)

The deformation problem of semisimple Poisson pencils of hydrodynamic type is considered. A precise formulation of this deformation problem is given in canonical coordinates. The main open problem in the deformation theory of a semisimple Poisson pencil is the problem of extension, namely the existence of a full deformation. In [\textit{S.-Q. Liu} and \textit{Y. Zhang}, J. Geom. Phys. 54, No. 4, 427--453 (2005; Zbl 1079.37058)], a positive solution of the existence problem was conjectured, and also formulated in terms of vanishing of the third bi-Hamiltonian cohomology groups. ``The main result of this paper is the proof of this conjecture, i.e., the affirmative answer to the extension problem.''