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[For the entire collection see Zbl 0724.00013.] It is well known that there exists a connection between the Toda lattice and the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. The usual explanation of this fact is very complicated, using Riemann surfaces, Baker-Akhiezer functions, Schlesinger transformations etc. We propose another explanation for this connection: We show that the Toda lattice and the A.K.N.S. hierarchy belong to a single hierarchy of differential-difference equations that can be written in zero curvature form. The construction of the hierarchy uses Heisenberg algebras and Heisenberg groups, belonging to some loopalgebra (resp. loop group). For more details we refer to the work of \textit{A. P. E. ten Kroode} and the author [J. Math. Phys. 28, 302-306 (1987; Zbl 0663.35065)] and for a discussion of the representation theoretic construction of the hierarchy we refer to the work of \textit{A. P. E. ten Kroode} and the author [Lett. Math. Phys. 12, 139-147 (1986; Zbl 0614.17009)].