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Loop Algebra Symmetries and Commuting Flows for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Hierarchy

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-02-03 v2

Abstract

The relation between the \gl^()\widehat\gl(\infty) symmetry of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili hierarchy and the Kac-Moody-Virasoro Lie point symmetries of the individual equations is established. The Lie point symmetries are shown to be the only local ones.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9403004,
  title  = {Loop Algebra Symmetries and Commuting Flows for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Hierarchy},
  author = {A. Yu. Orlov and P. Winternitz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9403004},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages, CRM-1936