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Multiscale expansion on the lattice and integrability of partial difference equations

Mathematical Physics 2008-01-24 v2 math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We conjecture an integrability and linearizability test for dispersive Z^2-lattice equations by using a discrete multiscale analysis. The lowest order secularity conditions from the multiscale expansion give a partial differential equation of the form of the nonlinear Schrodinger (NLS) equation. If the starting lattice equation is integrable then the resulting NLS equation turns out to be integrable, while if the starting equation is linearizable we get a linear Schrodinger equation. On the other hand, if we start with a non-integrable lattice equation we may obtain a non-integrable NLS equation. This conjecture is confirmed by many examples.

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@article{arxiv.0710.5299,
  title  = {Multiscale expansion on the lattice and integrability of partial difference equations},
  author = {Rafael Hernandez Heredero and Decio Levi and Matteo Petrera and Christian Scimiterna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.5299},
  year   = {2008}
}

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12 pages

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