On the remarkable relations among PDEs integrable by the inverse spectral transform method, by the method of characteristics and by the Hopf-Cole transformation
We establish deep and remarkable connections among partial differential equations (PDEs) integrable by different methods: the inverse spectral transform method, the method of characteristics and the Hopf-Cole transformation. More concretely, 1) we show that the integrability properties (Lax pair, infinitely-many commuting symmetries, large classes of analytic solutions) of (2+1)-dimensional PDEs integrable by the Inverse Scattering Transform method ($S$-integrable) can be generated by the integrability properties of the (1+1)-dimensional matrix Bürgers hierarchy, integrable by the matrix Hopf-Cole transformation ($C$-integrable). 2) We show that the integrability properties i) of $S$-integrable PDEs in (1+1)-dimensions, ii) of the multidimensional generalizations of the $GL(M,\CC)$ self-dual Yang Mills equations, and iii) of the multidimensional Calogero equations can be generated by the integrability properties of a recently introduced multidimensional matrix equation solvable by the method of characteristics. To establish the above links, we consider a block Frobenius matrix reduction of the relevant matrix fields, leading to integrable chains of matrix equations for the blocks of such a Frobenius matrix, followed by a systematic elimination procedure of some of these blocks. The construction of large classes of solutions of the soliton equations from solutions of the matrix Bürgers hierarchy turns out to be intimately related to the construction of solutions in Sato theory. 3) We finally show that suitable generalizations of the block Frobenius matrix reduction of the matrix Bürgers hierarchy generates PDEs exhibiting integrability properties in common with both $S$- and $C$- integrable equations.
Miura transform is known as the transformation between Korteweg de-Vries equation and modified Korteweg de-Vries equation. Its formal similarity to the Cole-Hopf transform has been noticed. This fact sheds light on the logarithmic type transformations as an origin of certain kind of nonlinearity in the soliton equations. In this article, based on the logarithmic representation of operators in infinite-dimensional Banach spaces, a structure common to both Miura and Cole-Hopf transforms is discussed. In conclusion, the Miura transform is generalized as the transform in abstract Banach spaces, an…
