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Integrability of higher pentagram maps

Dynamical Systems 2015-03-20 v3 Symplectic Geometry Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We define higher pentagram maps on polygons in PdP^d for any dimension dd, which extend R.Schwartz's definition of the 2D pentagram map. We prove their integrability by presenting Lax representations with a spectral parameter for scale invariant maps. The corresponding continuous limit of the pentagram map in dimension dd is shown to be the (2,d+1)(2,d+1)-equation of the KdV hierarchy, generalizing the Boussinesq equation in 2D. We also study in detail the 3D case, where we prove integrability for both closed and twisted polygons and describe the spectral curve, first integrals, the corresponding tori and the motion along them, as well as an invariant symplectic structure.

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@article{arxiv.1204.0756,
  title  = {Integrability of higher pentagram maps},
  author = {Boris Khesin and Fedor Soloviev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1204.0756},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

46 pages, 4 figures; scaling for even dimensions is corrected in section 8

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