Geometric characterization and classification of Bäcklund transformations of sine-Gordon type

DOI10.1093/INTEGR/XYY018zbMATH Open1422.37051arXiv1311.4016OpenAlexW2888335700MaRDI QIDQ5227747FDOQ5227747

Authors: Thomas A. Ivey, Jeanne N. Clelland 

Publication date: 7 August 2019

Published in: Journal of Integrable Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We begin by considering several properties commonly (but not universally) possessed by B"acklund transformations between hyperbolic Monge-Amp`ere equations: wavelike nature of the underlying equations, preservation of independent variables, quasilinearity of the transformation, and autonomy of the transformation. We show that, while these properties all appear to depend on the formulation of both the underlying PDEs and the B"acklund transformation in a particular coordinate system, in fact they all have intrinsic geometric meaning, independent of any particular choice of local coordinates. Next, we consider the problem of classifying B"acklund transformations with these properties. We show that, apart from a family of transformations between Monge-integrable equations, there exists only a finite-dimensional family of such transformations, including the well-known family of B"acklund transformations for the sine-Gordon equation. The full extent of this family is not yet determined, but our analysis has uncovered previously unknown transformations among generalizations of Liouville's equation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.4016

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zbMATH Keywords

exterior differential systemsintegrable systemsBäcklund transformationshyperbolic Monge-Ampère systems

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric theory, characteristics, transformations in context of PDEs (35A30) Lie-Bäcklund and other transformations for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K35) Correspondences and other transformation methods (e.g., Lie-Bäcklund) for PDEs on manifolds (58J72)

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