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By using the self-dual Yang-Mills (SDYM) equation as an example, we study a method for relating symmetries and recursion operators of two partial differential equations connected to each other by a non-auto-Backlund transformation. We prove…
We introduce the idea of constructing recursion operators for full-fledged nonlocal symmetries and apply it to the reduced quasi-classical self-dual Yang-Mills equation. It turns out that the discovered recursion operators can be…
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We describe a general method of constructing nonlocal recursion operators for symmetries of PDEs. As an example, the cotangent equation to the 3D rdDym equation $u_{yt} = u_xu_{xy} - u_yu_{xx}$ for which two mutually inverse operators are…
It is widely known that the recursion operator is a very important component of integrability. It allows one to describe in a compact form both hierarchies of the generalized symmetries and infinite series of the local conservation laws. In…
We study the Veronese web equation $u_y u_{tx}+ \lambda u_xu_{ty} - (\lambda+1)u_tu_{xy} =0$ and using its isospectral Lax pair construct two infinite series of nonlocal conservation laws. In the infinite differential coverings associated…
We construct all (2+1)-dimensional PDEs depending only on 2nd-order derivatives of unknown which have the Euler-Lagrange form and determine the corresponding Lagrangians. We convert these equations and their Lagrangians to two-component…
We consider the recursion operators with nonlocal terms of special form for evolution systems in (1+1) dimensions, and extend them to well-defined operators on the space of nonlocal symmetries associated with the so-called universal Abelian…
The Darboux-Egoroff system of PDEs with any number $n\ge 3$ of independent variables plays an essential role in the problems of describing $n$-dimensional flat diagonal metrics of Egoroff type and Frobenius manifolds. We construct a…
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We present a novel construction of recursion operators for scalar second-order integrable multidimensional PDEs with isospectral Lax pairs written in terms of first-order scalar differential operators. Our approach is quite straightforward…
We apply Cartan's method of equivalence to find a B\"acklund autotransformation for the tangent covering of the universal hierarchy equation. The transformation provides a recursion operator for symmetries of this equation.
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We discover two additional Lax pairs and three nonlocal recursion operators for symmetries of the general heavenly equation introduced by Doubrov and Ferapontov. Converting the equation to a two-component form, we obtain Lagrangian and…
We present first heavenly equation of Pleba\'nski in a two-component evolutionary form and obtain Lagrangian and Hamiltonian representations of this system. We study all point symmetries of the two-component system and, using the inverse…
An explicit formula to find symmetry recursion operators for partial differential equations (PDEs) is obtained from new results connecting variational integrating factors and non-variational symmetries. The formula is special case of a…
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