On the Einstein-Weyl and conformal self-duality equations

DOI10.1063/1.4927251zbMATH Open1325.53058arXiv1406.0018OpenAlexW3104417971MaRDI QIDQ2945508FDOQ2945508

Authors: Maciej Dunajski, E. V. Ferapontov, Boris Kruglikov 

Publication date: 11 September 2015

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The equations governing anti-self-dual and Einstein-Weyl conformal geometries can be regarded as `master dispersionless systems' in four and three dimensions respectively. Their integrability by twistor methods has been established by Penrose and Hitchin. In this note we present, in specially adapted coordinate systems, explicit forms of the corresponding equations and their Lax pairs. In particular, we demonstrate that any Lorentzian Einstein-Weyl structure is locally given by a solution to the Manakov-Santini system, and we find a system of two coupled third-order scalar PDEs for a general anti-self-dual conformal structure in neutral signature.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.0018

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zbMATH Keywords

Lax pairsneutral signaturedispersionless systemsanti-self-dual conformal structureLorentzian Einstein-Weyl structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Special Riemannian manifolds (Einstein, Sasakian, etc.) (53C25) Global differential geometry of Lorentz manifolds, manifolds with indefinite metrics (53C50) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28) Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with topology, geometry and differential geometry (37K25)

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