Nonlinear superposition formulas based on imprimitive group action (Q4701910)

By results of S. Lie a system of ordinal differential equations (ODEs) \[ \dot y= f(y,t),\quad y= (y^1,\dots, y^n),\quad f= (f^1,\dots, f^n), \] allows a superposition formula for its solutions iff \[ f(y,t)= \sum^r_{k=1} z_k(t)\cdot\xi_k(y), \] where the vector fields \(\xi_k(t)\) generate a finite-dimensional Lie algebra. Therefore to classify such systems requires the classification of finite-dimensional Lie algebras of vector fields resp. corresponding group actions in \(n\) dimensions. Results are known for the case of primitive group actions and corresponding indecomposable ODE systems [\textit{S. Shnider} and \textit{P. Winternitz}, Lett. Math. Phys. 8, 69-78 (1984; Zbl 0546.34008) and J. Math. Phys. 25, 3155-3165 (1984; Zbl 0586.34010)]. The purpose of this article is to investigate the case of nonprimitive action for the groups \(\text{SL}(N,\mathbb{C})\), \(N\geq 3\), and to show how the previously studied indecomposable systems serve as building blocks for the decomposable ones. The group \(\text{SL}(N,\mathbb{C})\) is acting on the homogeneous space \(M= \text{SL}(N,\mathbb{C})/P(N)\), where \(P(N)\) is a special parabolic subgroup, and nonprimitive actions are contained by induced representations with respect to the Borel subgroup. The cases \(\text{SL}(3,\mathbb{C})\) and \(\text{SL}(4,\mathbb{C})\) are computed explicitly including superposition formulas for the corresponding ODE systems. The extension to the general case \(\text{SL}(N,\mathbb{C})\) is sketched, relations to soliton equations and superpositions are noted.