On the structure of solutions to the self-dual Yang-Mills equations (Q799013)

In this paper a full description of solutions of the self-dual Yang-Mills equations is presented from a new point of view. For this purpose an infinite system of differential equations, whose unknown functions take their values from an infinite Grassmann manifold, is introduced. The original problem to the self-dual Yang-Mills equations is reduced to solving this infinite system. The main result of this paper shows that solutions of this infinite system have a very simple structure, which is in close relationship to \textit{M. Sato}'s description of nonlinear integrable systems [Random systems and dynamical systems, Proc. Symp., Kyoto 1981, RIMS Kokyuroku 439, 30-46 (1981; Zbl 0507.58029); \textit{M. Sato} and \textit{Y. Sato}, Nonlinear partial differential equations in applied science, Proc. U.S.-Jap. Semin., Tokyo 1982, North-Holland Math. Stud. 81, 259-271 (1983; Zbl 0528.58020)]. For further developments of this paper, see Commun. Math. Phys. 94, 35-59 (1984); see also the preceding review.