The modular hierarchy of the Toda lattice

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Abstract: The modular vector field plays an important role in the theory of Poisson manifolds and is intimately connected with the Poisson cohomology of the space. In this paper we investigate its significance in the theory of integrable systems. We illustrate in detail the case of the Toda lattice both in Flaschka and natural coordinates.


The modular vector field of a Poisson manifold is a notion introduced by Koszul and defines a class in the first Poisson cohomology space of the manifold, the so-called modular class. In this work, the authors consider the finite, nonperiodic Toda lattice in the Flaschka variables \((a,b)\) as well as in the natural \((q,p)\) variables. In both cases, it is known that the hierarchy admits multiple Hamiltonian structures. Consequently, there is a family of modular vector fields in each case. The authors show that the modular vector fields are Hamiltonian vector fields with respect to the corresponding structures. Moreover, in the natural \((q,p)\) variables, they show that starting from the modular vector field of the second Poisson structure, the other modular vector fields can be generated by using the recursion operator.



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