Bäcklund Transformations for the Camassa–Holm Equation

The Bäcklund transformation (BT) for the Camassa–Holm (CH) equation is presented and discussed. Unlike the vast majority of BTs studied in the past, for CH the transformation acts on both the dependent and (one of) the independent variables. Superposition principles are given for the action of double BTs on the variables of the CH and the potential CH equations. Applications of the BT and its superposition principles are presented, specifically the construction of travelling wave solutions, a new method to construct multisoliton, multicuspon and soliton–cuspon solutions, and a derivation of generating functions for the local symmetries and conservation laws of the CH hierarchy.     

Bäcklund Transformations for the Degasperis-Procesi Equation

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We consider the Bäcklund transformation for the Degasperis-Procesi (DP) equation. Using the reciprocal transformation and the associated DP equation, we...     

Lagrangian Chains and Canonical Bäcklund Transformations

We consider Darboux transformations for operators of arbitrary order and construct the general theory of Bäcklund transformations based on the Lagrangian formalism. The dressing chain for the Boussinesq equation and its reduction are demonstrative examples for the suggested general theory. We also discuss the well-known Bäcklund transformations for classical soliton equations.     

Bäcklund Transformations for the One-Dimensional Schrödinger Equation

Journal of Applied and Industrial Mathematics - We study the system of equations which bases on the one-dimensional Schrödinger equation and connects the potential, amplitude, and phase...     

Some Local Properties of Bäcklund Transformations

For Bäcklund transformations, treated as relations in the categoryof diffieties, local conditions of effectivity and normality are introduced,having implications for the solution generating properties. We check themfor the pKdV, the sine-Gordon, and the Tzitzéica equation.     

Bäcklund Transformation and Dressing Chains for the Landau–Lifshitz Equation

We use the dressing method for the Landau–Lifshitz equation and the breeding procedure to obtain a modified Landau–Lifshitz equation. We find the Darboux transformation (the dressing) for the integrable Landau–Lifshitz equation of the anisotropic magnet. We find the Bäcklund transformations and dressing chains.     

Bäcklund maps and Lie–Bäcklund transformations as differential-geometric structures

This paper is an exposition of the author’s report prepared for the International Conference devoted to the centennial anniversary of G. F. Laptev (Laptev seminar–2009). In the first section, we consider Bäcklund transformations of second-order partial differential equations. In the present work, the theory of Bäcklund transformations is treated as a special branch of the theory of connections. The second section is devoted to differential-geometric structures generated by the so-called Lie–Bäcklund transformations (or, equivalently, contact transformations of higher order) that are a special case of diffeomorphisms between the manifolds of holonomic jets. Recall that it was G. F. Laptev who pointed out the possibility of considering differentiable mappings as differential-geometric structures.     

Asymptotic stability of the Degasperis–Procesi antipeakon–peakon profile

The aim of this paper is to prove that the Degasperis–Procesi antipeakon–peakon profile is asymptotically stable for all time. We start by proving the asymptotic stability of a single Degasperis–Procesi peakon and antipeakon with respect to perturbations having a momentum density that is first negative and then positive. Then this result is extended towards a well-ordered trains of antipeakons–peakons under such perturbations. In particular, the asymptotic stability of the antipeakon–peakon profile holds.     

Ermakov–Pinney and Emden–Fowler Equations: New Solutions from Novel Bäcklund Transformations

We study the class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations y″ y = F(z, y²), where F is a smooth function. Various ordinary differential equations with a well-known importance for applications belong to this class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations. Indeed, the Emden–Fowler equation, the Ermakov–Pinney equation, and the generalized Ermakov equations are among them. We construct Bäcklund transformations and auto-Bäcklund transformations: starting from a trivial solution, these last transformations induce the construction of a ladder of new solutions admitted by the given differential equations. Notably, the highly nonlinear structure of this class of nonlinear ordinary differential equations implies that numerical methods are very difficult to apply.     

Soliton,kink and antikink solutions of a 2-component of the Degasperis–Procesi equation

In this paper, we employ the bifurcation theory of planar dynamical systems to investigate the traveling wave solutions of a 2-component of the Degasperis–Procesi equation. The expressions for smooth soliton, kink and antikink solutions are obtained.     

Nonlinear Evolution Equations: B?cklund Transformations and B?cklund Charts

B?cklund Charts have been introduced to depict links, via B?cklund Transformations, which relate different Nonlinear Evolution Equations. Notably, the links established among different Nonlinear Evolution Equations can be extended to the whole Hierarchies of Nonlinear Evolution Equations. This approach proved to be very fruitful, as well known, when applied to scalar Nonlinear Evolution Equations since it induces very many interesting results. Some of them are here reviewed and further new research perspectives are shown. Specifically, when the non commutative analogue Nonlinear Evolution Equations are introduced new problems arise. Here, hierarchies of non-commutative Nonlinear Evolution Equations together with their links via B?cklund Transformations are considered. Specifically, a non-commutative analogues of Cole-Hopf and of Miura transformation are shown, respectively, to connect the operator versions of Burgers equation to heat equation and the operator version of KdV equation to the corresponding operator version of modified KdV equation. Again, the links are connecting not only the base member equations but all the corresponding equations in the hierarchy generated by the recursion operator it admits. Finally, it is pointed out how the method here presented allows to construct new non-commutative operator equation.     

Multisoliton solutions of the Degasperis–Procesi equation and its shortwave limit: Darboux transformation approach

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics - We propose a new approach for calculating multisoliton solutions of the Degasperis–Procesi equation and its shortwave limit by combining a reciprocal...     

A finite difference scheme for smooth solutions of the general Degasperis–Procesi equation

The general Degasperis–Procesi equation (gDP) describes the evolution of the water surface in a unidirectional shallow water approximation. We propose a finite-difference scheme for this equation that preserves some conservation and balance laws. In addition, the stability of the scheme and the convergence of numerical solutions to exact solutions for solitons are proved. Numerical experiments confirm the theoretical conclusions. For essentially nonintegrable versions of the gDP equation, it is shown that solitons and antisolitons collide almost elastically: they retain their shape after interaction, but a small “tail”, the so-called “radiation”, appears.     

Bianchi–Bäcklund transforms and dressing actions,revisited

We characterize Bianchi–Bäcklund transformations of surfaces of positive constant Gauss curvature in terms of dressing actions of the simplest type on the space of harmonic maps.     

Bäcklund transformation of variable-coefficient Boiti–Leon–Manna–Pempinelli equation

In this letter, we discuss a variable-coefficient Boiti–Leon–Manna–Pempinelli equation. We present its soliton solution and derive its new bilinear Bäcklund transformation through Bell polynomial technique and bilinear method. Finally, we show the variable-coefficient Boiti–Leon–Manna–Pempinelli equation is completely integrable.     

Spectral deformation and Bäcklund transformation of constrained Willmore surfaces

The class of constrained Willmore surfaces in space-forms forms a Möbius invariant class of surfaces with strong links to the theory of integrable systems. This paper is dedicated to an overview on the topic. We define a spectral deformation, by the action of a loop of flat metric connections, and Bäcklund transformations, by applying a dressing action. We establish a permutability between spectral deformation and Bäcklund transformation and verify that all these transformations corresponding to the zero multiplier preserve the class of Willmore surfaces. We show that, for special choices of parameters, both spectral deformation and Bäcklund transformation preserve the class of constrained Willmore surfaces admitting a conserved quantity, and, in particular, the class of constant mean curvature surfaces in 3-dimensional space-forms.