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Connection matrices for ultradiscrete linear problems

Chris Ormerod

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We present theory outlining associated linear problems for ultradiscrete equations. The appropriate domain for these problems is the max-plus semiring. Our main result is that despite the restrictive nature of the max-plus semiring, it is still possible to define a theory of connection matrices analogous to that of Birkhoff and his school for systems of linear difference equations. We use such theory to provide evidence for the integrability of an ultradiscrete difference equation.


PACS

02.30.Hq Ordinary differential equations

02.10.Yn Matrix theory

MSC

39A13 Difference equations, scaling (q-differences) (See also 33Dxx)

15A24 Matrix equations and identities

34M55 Painlevé and other special equations; classification, hierarchies; isomonodromic deformations

39B42 Matrix and operator equations (See also 47Jxx)

Subjects

Mathematical physics

Dates

Issue 42 (19 October 2007)

Received 6 December 2006, in final form 7 March 2007

Published 2 October 2007



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