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Hyperelliptic solutions of KdV and KP equations: re-evaluation of Baker's study on hyperelliptic sigma functions

Shigeki Matsutani

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Explicit function forms of hyperelliptic solutions of Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) and Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equations are constructed for a given curve y2 = f(x) whose genus is three. This paper is based upon the fact that about one hundred years ago (Baker H F 1903 Acta Math. 27 135-56), Baker essentially derived KdV hierarchy and KP equations by using a bilinear differential operator D, identities of Pfaffians, symmetric functions, the hyperelliptic σ-function and wp-functions; wpµν = -∂µνlog σ = -(DµDνσσ)/2σ2. The connection between his theory and the modern soliton theory is also discussed.


PACS

05.45.Yv Solitons

02.30.Sa Functional analysis

02.30.Jr Partial differential equations

MSC

35Q53 KdV-like equations (Korteweg-de Vries, Burgers, sine-Gordon, sinh-Gordon, etc.) (See also 37K10)

35Q51 Solitons (See also 37K40)

47A07 Forms (bilinear, sesquilinear, multilinear)

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Statistical physics and nonlinear systems

Dates

Issue 22 (8 June 2001)

Received 30 August 2000, in final form 28 February 2001



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