The semi-classical limit of Davey-Stewartson hierarchy (Q2135690)

The authors consider the semi-classical limit for the Davey-Stewartson hierarchy presented in [\textit{G. Yi} and \textit{X. Liao}, ``The direct algorithm to construct the Davey-Stewartson hierarchy by two scalar pseudo-differential operators'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:2101.07062}], and compare this to the dispersionless Davey-Stewartson hierarchy proposed in [\textit{G. Yi}, ``On the dispersionless Davey-Stewartson hierarchy: Zakharov-Shabat equations, twistor structure, and Lax-Sato formalism'', ZAMM J. Appl. Math. Mech. 102, No. 8, Article ID e202100435, 14 p. (2022; \url{doi:10.1002/zamm.202100435})]. More precisely, the Davey-Stewartson hierarchy is described by commutation conditions for two operators \[ L=\partial_z+\sum_{j\geq 1}h_j\partial_z^{-j}, \quad \hat L=\partial_{\hat z} +\sum_{j\geq 1}h_j\partial_{\hat z}^{-j}. \] In this context, the semi-classical limit is obtained by applying the scaling \[ \partial_z\to -i\varepsilon\partial_z, \quad \partial_{\hat z}\to -i\varepsilon\partial_{\hat z}, \quad \partial_{t_{mn}}\to -i\varepsilon\partial_{t_{mn}}. \] On the other hand, the dispersionless Davey-Stewartson hierarchy is based on the equation \[ \hat M \Phi=0, \quad \hat M \hat\Phi=0, \] for some vector field \(\hat M\) of the form \(\hat M=\partial_{\hat z}-\{\hat H,\cdot\}\), replacing the pseudo-differential operators \(L\) and \(\hat L\) by Laurent series \(\Phi\) and \(\hat \Phi\) and the commutator by a Poisson bracket. In this paper, the main result is a connection between the two approaches. The authors express the solutions of the compatibility conditions in WKB form, then replace the operators \(L\) and \(\hat L\) in the semi-classical limit by formal Laurent expansions using the WKB form. Finally, they show that the formal Laurent expansions satisfy an equation similar to the dispersionless Davey-Stewartson hierarchy.