Dynamics of the ultra-discrete Toda lattice via Pitman's transformation

zbMATH Open1459.39044arXiv1904.13185MaRDI QIDQ5148299FDOQ5148299

Authors: M. Sasada, Satoshi Tsujimoto, David A. Croydon 

Publication date: 1 February 2021

Abstract: By encoding configurations of the ultra-discrete Toda lattice by piecewise linear paths whose gradient alternates between $-1$ and $1$, we show that the dynamics of the system can be described in terms of a shifted version of Pitman's transformation (that is, reflection in the past maximum of the path encoding). This characterisation of the dynamics applies to finite configurations in both the non-periodic and periodic cases, and also admits an extension to infinite configurations. The latter point is important in the study of invariant measures for the ultra-discrete Toda lattice, which is pursued in a parallel work. We also describe a generalisation of the result to a continuous version of the box-ball system, whose states are described by continuous functions whose gradient may take values other than $pm1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.13185

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zbMATH Keywords

Pitman's transformationbox-ball system on \(\mathbb{R}\)ultra-discrete Toda lattice

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of cellular automata (37B15) Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Integrable difference and lattice equations; integrability tests (39A36) Completely integrable discrete dynamical systems (37J70)

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