Classical W-algebras and generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies for minimal and short nilpotents

DOI10.1007/S00220-014-2049-2MaRDI QIDQ742866zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Alberto De Sole, Victor G. Kac, Daniele Valeri

Publication date 19 September 2014

Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.1684

zbMATH Keywords

\(\lambda\)-bracket\(\mathcal{W}\)-algebraDrinfeld-Sokolov hierarchyintegrable Hamiltonian equationKdV equationnilpotent elementsimple Lie algebra

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Applications of Lie algebras and superalgebras to integrable systems (17B80) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10)

Abstract: We derive explicit formulas for lambda-brackets of the affine classical W-algebras attached to the minimal and short nilpotent elements of any simple Lie algebra g. This is used to compute explicitly the first non-trivial PDE of the corresponding intgerable generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies. It turns out that a reduction of the equation corresponding to a short nilpotent is Svinolupov's equation attached to a simple Jordan algebra, while a reduction of the equation corresponding to a minimal nilpotent is an integrable Hamiltonian equation on 2h-3 functions, where h is the dual Coxeter number of g. In the case when g is sl_2 both these equations coincide with the KdV equation. In the case when g is not of type C_n, we associate to the minimal nilpotent element of g yet another generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchy.

Review text

This paper proposes explicit formulae for \(\lambda\)-brackets of the affine classical \(\mathcal{W}\)-algebras attached to minimal and short nilpotent elements of simple Lie algebras. As an application, the first non-trivial PDE of the corresponding integrable generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchies is computed explicitly. For short nilpotent elements, it is shown that a reduction of the above equation is Svinolupov's integrable equation associated to a simple Jordan algebra. Consequently, it follows that Svinolupov's equations are Hamiltonian. For minimal nilpotents, it is shown that a reduction of the above equation is an integrable Hamiltonian equation. For \(\mathfrak{sl}_2\), both these equations coincide with the KdV equation. For a different choice of an isotropic subspace, yet another integrable generalized Drinfeld-Sokolov hierarchy shows up outside type \(C\). See also the erratum to this paper [Commun. Math. Phys. 333, No. 3, 1617--1619 (2015; Zbl 1327.17022)].

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