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Hamiltonian structures for general PDEs

Differential Geometry 2009-10-04 v3 Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We sketch out a new geometric framework to construct Hamiltonian operators for generic, non-evolutionary partial differential equations. Examples on how the formalism works are provided for the KdV equation, Camassa-Holm equation, and Kupershmidt's deformation of a bi-Hamiltonian system.

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@article{arxiv.0812.4895,
  title  = {Hamiltonian structures for general PDEs},
  author = {Paul Kersten and Iosif Krasil'shchik and Alexander Verbovetsky and Raffaele Vitolo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0812.4895},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages; v2, v3: minor corrections

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