Compatible Lie algebroids and the periodic Toda lattice (Q5931236)

The author considers a discrete version of the KdV equation by viewing the set of maps \({\mathbb Z}_{d} \to \text{GL}(2,{\mathbb R})\) as a finite-dimensional phase space. This new phase space is given a Poisson manifold structure with a pair of compatible Lie algebroids. Such a Poisson manifold is termed a bi-anchored Poisson manifold. The author then performs a version of the Marsden-Ratiu reduction adapted to Poisson manifolds. As a result a bi-Hamiltonian manifold is obtained, and the integrability properties of bi-Hamiltonian flows are studied. These flows turn out to coincide with flows of the periodic Toda lattice.