New symmetries for the Ablowitz-Ladik hierarchies Da-jun Zhang,1∗ Tong-ke Ning,2 Jin-bo Bi,1 Deng-yuan Chen1 6 1Department of Mathematics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, P.R. China 0 0 2Science College, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, P.R. China 2 February 8, 2008 n a J 6 2 Abstract ] I Intheletterwegivenewsymmetriesfortheisospectralandnon-isospectralAblowitz-Ladik S hierarchies by means of the zero curvature representations of evolution equations related to . n the Ablowitz-Ladik spectral problem. Lie algebras constructed by symmetries are further i obtained. We also discuss the relations between the recursion operator and isospectral and l n non-isospectral flows. Our method can be generalized to other systems to construct symme- [ tries for non-isospectralequations. 1 v 6 5 0 1 Introduction 1 0 6 It is well-known that infinitely many symmetries and their Lie algebra serve as one of mathemat- 0 ical structures of integrability for evolution equations[1]. In general, a Lax integrable isospectral / n evolution equation can have two sets of symmetries, isospectral and non-isospectral symmetries, i l or called K- and τ-symmetries, respectively. One efficient way to construct τ-symmetries was n proposed by Fuchssteiner[2] by using the master symmetry. This method was later developed to : v many continuous (1+1)-dimensional Lax integrable systems[3, 4], (1+2)-dimensional systems[5] i X and further to some differential-difference cases[6, 7]. r ThisletterwilldiscussK-andτ-symmetriesfortheisospectralAblowitz-Ladik(AL)hierarchy, a which is a well-known discrete hierarchy[8]-[11]. We will also construct new infinitely many symmetries for the non-isospectral AL hierarchy. The AL spectral problem can have two sets of isospectral hierarchies[12] which respectively correspond to positive and negative powers of the spectral parameter λ in the time-evolution part in Lax pair. The same results hold for the non- isospectral hierarchies as well, as shown in [7], where the algebraic relations between isospectral and non-isospectral flows related to positive powers of λ and the algebraic relations between isospectral and non-isospectral flows related to negative powers of λ were discussed, respectively. Our method to construct K- and τ-symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy is essentially the same as used in Ref.[7, 6], and as well as a direct generalization of its continuous version[4]. Recently, we uniformed the two sets of isospectral flows (positive order and negative order) to one hierarchy with a uniform recursion operator[13]. This motivates us to do the same thing for the two sets of non-isospectral flows. Then we investigate the algebraic relations of the ∗Corresponding author. E-mail: djzhang@staff.shu.edu.cn 1 uniformed isospectral flows and uniformed non-isospectral flows. As a result, we can generate new symmetries for those isospectral AL evolution equations and get their Lie algebra. Andmost important, we can construct infinitely many symmetries for the non-isospectral AL hierarchy and derive their Lie algebra. We also discuss the relations between the recursion operator and isospectral and non-isospectral flows. The letter is organized as follows. Sec.2 lists out some basic notations. In Sec.3, we give the isospectral and non-isospectral AL hierarchies and their zero curvature representations. In Sec.4, we construct two sets of symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy, give their Lie algebra and discuss the relations between the recursion operator and isospectral and non-isospectral flows. In Sec.5, we construct symmetries for the non-isospectral AL hierarchy and give their Lie algebra. 2 Basic notations To make our discussions smooth and convenient, let us redescribe some notations in [13]. AssumethatU = {u ≡ u(t,n) = (u (t,n),u (t,n))T}isavectorfieldspace,where{u (t,n)} 2 n 1 2 i are all real functions defined over R×Z and vanish rapidly as |n| → ∞. By V denote a linear 2 space consisting of all vector fields f = (f (u(t,n)),f (u(t,n)))T living on U . where {f (u(t,n))} 1 2 2 i are C∞ differentiable with respect to t and n, C∞-Gateaux differentiable with respect to u , and n f (u(t,n))| = 0. Then let Q (λ) denote a Laurent matrix polynomials space composed by i un=0 2 all 2×2 matrixes Q = Q(λ,u(t,n)) = (q (λ,u(t,n))) , where {q } (or Q) are all the Laurent ij 2×2 ij (matrix) polynomials of λ. Besides, we define two subspaces of Q (λ) as 2 Q+(λ) ={Q ∈ Q (λ)| the lowest degree of λ ≥ 0} (2.1) 2 2 Q−(λ) = {Q ∈ Q (λ)| the highest degree of λ ≤ 0}. (2.2) 2 2 The Gateaux derivative of f ∈ V (or f being an operator on V ) in the direction g ∈ V is 2 2 2 defined by d f′[g] = f(u+εg), (2.3) dε (cid:12)ε=0 (cid:12) and the Lie product for any f,g ∈ V2 is describ(cid:12)ed as (cid:12) [[f,g]] = f′[g]−g′[f]. (2.4) Besides, for a given discrete evolution equation u = K(u ), σ(u ) ∈ V is called its symmetry nt n n 2 if σ = K′[σ], (2.5) t or equivalently, ∂σ = [[K,σ]]. (2.6) ∂t 3 Isospectral and non-isospectral AL hierarchies The well-known AL spectral problem is given as[8]-[11] λ Q Q φ Eφ = Mφ, M = n , u = n , φ = 1 , (3.1) R 1 n R φ n λ ! n ! 2 ! 2 where E is an shift operator defined as Ejf(n) = f(n + j), ∀j ∈ Z. From the compatibility condition of (3.1) and its corresponding time evolution A B φ = Nφ, N = n n , (3.2) t C D n n ! i.e., the zero-curvature equation M = (EN)M −MN, (3.3) t one can easily get[13] 1 nλ A = (E −1)−1(−R EB +Q C )+ t +a , n n n n n 0 λ λ nλ D =λ(E −1)−1(R B −Q EC )− t +d , n n n n n 0 λ and 1 B Q (2n+1)λ Q u = (λL − L ) n +(a −d ) n + t n , (3.4) nt 1 λ 2 C 0 0 −R λ −R n n n (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:18) (cid:19) where a = A | − nλt, d = D | + nλt, 0 n un=0 λ 0 n un=0 λ −1 0 −Q L = + n (E −1)−1(R ,−Q E), (3.5) 1 0 E R E n n n (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:18) (cid:19) −E 0 −Q E L = − n (E −1)−1(R E,−Q ). (3.6) 2 0 1 R n n n (cid:18) (cid:19) (cid:18) (cid:19) For the iosopectral case, i.e., λ = 0, expanding (B ,C )T in Q−(λ) and Q+(λ) respectively, t n n 2 2 we can get two different sets of isospectral hierarchies[12, 13]. Our method used here is little bit different from Ref.[13]. Expanding B l b− n = n,j λ−2(l−j)−1, (l ≥ 0) (3.7) C c− n ! n,j ! j=0 X and setting (b− ,c− )T ≡ (0,0)T and a = −d = 1λ−2l, from (3.4) we can get n,0 n,0 0 0 2 b− Q u = (1−δ )L n,l +δ n , nt 0,l 1 c− 0,l −R n,l ! n ! b− b− L n,l−j = L n,l−j+1 , j = 1,2,··· ,l−1, 1 c− 2 c− n,l−j ! n,l−j+1 ! b− Q L n,1 = n . 2 c− −R n,1 ! n ! Then, taking (b− ,c− )T = −(Q ,R )T yields a negative order isospectral hierarchy n,1 n,1 n−1 n u = K(−l) = L−lK(0), l = 0,1,2,··· , (3.8) nt 3 where Q K(0) = n , (3.9) −R n ! and the recursion operator L is defined by E 0 −Q E L = L L−1 = + n (E −1)−1(R E,Q E−1) 2 1 0 E−1 R n n ! n ! (3.10) −EQ 1 +µ n (E −1)−1(R ,Q ) , (µ = 1−Q R ). n R n n µ n n n n−1 ! n Similarly, expanding (B ,C )T in Q+(λ) as n n 2 B l b+ n = n,j λ2(l−j)+1, (l ≥ 0), (3.11) C c+ n ! n,j ! j=0 X setting (b+ ,c+ )T ≡ (0,0)T and taking a = −d = 1λ2l and (b+ ,c+ )T = (Q ,R )T, we n,0 n,0 0 0 2 n,1 n,1 n n−1 can get another isospectral hierarchy, i.e., a positive order hierarchy, u = K(l) = LlK(0), l = 0,1,2,··· . (3.12) nt Thus, (3.8) and (3.12) can be uniformed to one hierarchy as[13] u = K(l) = LlK(0), l ∈ Z. (3.13) nt TherecursionoperatorLisastrongandhereditarysymmetryoperatorfortheabovehierarchy[13], and this hierarchy has been shown to have multi-Hamiltonian structures[12, 13] and infinitely many conservation laws[14]. For the non-iosopectral case, i.e., λ 6= 0, we first expanding (B ,C )T in Q−(λ) as (3.7), t n n 2 setting (b− ,c− )T ≡ (0,0)T and taking a = −d = 0, λ = λ−2l+1 and (b− ,c− )T = −((2n− n,0 n,0 0 0 t n,1 n,1 1)Q ,(2n+1)R )T, we can get the negative order non-isospectral hierarchy n−1 n u = σ(−l) = L−lσ(0), l = 0,1,2,··· , (3.14) nt where Q σ(0) = (2n+1) n . (3.15) −R n ! Expanding (B ,C )T in Q+(λ) as (3.11), setting (b+ ,c+ )T ≡ (0,0)T and taking a = −d = 0, n n 2 n,0 n,0 0 0 λ = λ2l+1, and (b+ ,c+ )T = ((2n + 1)Q ,(2n − 1)R )T, we get the positive order non- t n,1 n,1 n n−1 isospectral hierarchy u = σ(l) = Llσ(0), l = 0,1,2,··· , (3.16) nt and these two non-isospectral hierarchies can be uniformed to one hierarchy as u = σ(l) = Llσ(0), l ∈ Z. (3.17) nt {K(l)} and {σ(l)} are called isospectral flows and non-isospectral flows, respectively. On the basis of the above discussions, it is not difficult to give the zero curvature representations of these two sets of flows. 4 Proposition 3.1 {K(l)} and {σ(l)} have the following zero curvature representations M′[K(l)] = (EN(l))M −MN(l), (3.18) M′[σ(l)] = (EU(l))M −MU(l)−M λ , (3.19) λ t where λ = λ2l+1, (l ∈ Z), (3.20) t K(l),σ(l) ∈ V , N(l),U(l) ∈ Q (λ) and satisfy 2 2 1 1 0 n 0 N(l)| = λ2l , U(l)| = λ2l , (l ∈ Z). (3.21) un=0 2 0 −1 un=0 0 −n ! ! (cid:3) Besides, we have the following properties[13] on the AL spectral problem (3.1). Proposition 3.2 The following matrix equation M′[X] = (EN)M −MN, X ∈ V , N ∈ Q (λ) and N| = 0 (3.22) 2 2 un=0 has only zero solutions X = 0 and N = 0. (cid:3) Proposition 3.3 For any given Y 6= 0∈ V , there exist solutions N± ∈ Q±(λ) satisfying 2 2 M′[L±1Y −λ±2Y] = (EN±)M −MN±, N±| =0 (3.23) un=0 where L+1 denotes L defined by (3.10). (cid:3) 4 Symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy and Lie algebra In this section, we discuss the algebras of the flows {K(l)} and {σ(l)} and the related symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy. We also give the relations between the recursion operator L and these two sets of flows. 4.1 Symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy and Lie algebra In this subsection, we will directly generate the method used in Ref.[4] to construct K- and τ- symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy. Our method is also essentially the same as used in Ref.[6, 7]. We list out our results through the following propositions. Proposition 4.1 If the isospectral and non-isospectral flows {K(l)} and {σ(l)} have their zero curvature representations (3.18) and (3.19), then, ∀l,s ∈ Z, the Lie products of these flows satisfy M′[[[K(l),K(s)]]] = (E < N(l),N(s) >)M −M < N(l),N(s) >, M′[[[K(l),σ(s)]]] = (E <N(l),U(s) >)M −M < N(l),U(s) >, (4.1) M′[[[σ(l),σ(s)]]] = (E < U(l),U(s) >)M −M < U(l),U(s) > −2(s−l)M λ2(l+s)+1, λ 5 where < N(l),N(s) >= N(l)′[K(s)]−N(s)′[K(l)]+[N(l),N(s)], < N(l),U(s) >= N(l)′[σ(s)]−U(s)′[K(l)]+[N(l),U(s)]+N(l)λ2s+1, (4.2) λ < U(l),U(s) >= U(l)′[σ(s)]−U(s)′[σ(l)]+[U(l),U(s)]+U(l)λ2s+1−U(s)λ2l+1, λ λ and satisfy < N(l),N(s) > | = 0, un=0 < N(l),U(s) > | = 2lN(l+s)| , (4.3) un=0 un=0 < U(l),U(s) > | = 2(l−s)U(l+s)| . un=0 un=0 Here, [A,B] = AB−BA. Proof: A similar proof procedure can befound in Ref.[4]. (4.1) and (4.2) can be derived from the zero curvature representations (3.18) and (3.19) by making use of the identity M′[[[f,g]]] = (M′[f])′[g]−(M′[g])′[f], ∀f,g ∈ V . (4.4) 2 (4.3) can be obtained by using the asymptotic conditions (3.21). (cid:3) Then, using Proposition 3.1 and 3.2, we can have the following result. Proposition 4.2 The isospectral and non-isospectral flows {K(l)} and {σ(l)} form a Lie algebra F through the Lie product [[·,·]]; and ∀l,s∈ Z they have the following relations [[K(l),K(s)]]= 0, [[K(l),σ(s)]] = 2lK(l+s), (4.5) [[σ(l),σ(s)]]= 2(l−s)σ(l+s). (cid:3) Different from Ref.[7], here we have expanded the Lie product relations between {K(l)} and {σ(s)} for any integer subindices. This can result in some interesting relations. For example, ∀s∈ Z, we have [[K(0),σ(l)]] ≡ 0, [[K(l),σ(0)]]= 2lK(l), [[K(l),σ(−l)]]= 2lK(0), [[σ(l),σ(0)]] = 2lσ(l), [[σ(l),σ(−l)]]= 4lσ(0). Besides, by virtue of the above proposition, for any equation in the isospectral hierarchy (3.13), it is not difficult to get two sets of symmetries and their Lie algebra. Proposition 4.3 The arbitrary member in the isospectral hierarchy (3.13), u = K(l), ∀l ∈ Z, (4.6) nt has the following two sets of symmetries, {K(s)} and {τ(l,s) = 2ltK(l+s)+σ(s)}, s∈ Z, (4.7) which we call K-symmetries and τ-symmetries, respectively. They form a Lie algebra S and have the relations [[K(q),K(s)]] = 0, [[K(q),τ(l,s)]] = 2qK(q+s), (4.8) [[τ(l,q),τ(l,s)]]= 2(l−s)τ(l,q+s). 6 (cid:3) From the Lie product relations (4.5) and (4.8), it is not difficult to find the generators of the Lie algebras F and S. Proposition 4.4 The Lie algebra F can be generated by the following four generators, σ(2), σ(−2), σ(1)(or σ(−1)), K(1)(or K(−1)). The Lie algebra S can be generated by the following four generators, τ(l,2), τ(l,−2), τ(l,1)(or τ(l,−1)), K(1)(or K(−1)). (cid:3) 4.2 Relations between the recursion operator and flows In this subsection, we discuss the relations between the recursion operator and flows. Proposition 4.5 For any l ∈ Z, the flows K(l) and σ(l) and their recursion operator L satisfy L′[K(l)]−[K(l)′,L] = 0, (4.9) L′[σ(l)]−[σ(l)′,L]−2Ll+1 =0. (4.10) Proof: (4.9) has been proved in Ref.[13]. For (4.10), we prove (L′[σ(l)]−[σ(l)′,L]−2Ll+1)Y = 0, ∀Y ∈ V , ∀l ∈ Z, (4.11) 2 i.e., L[[σ(l),Y]]−[[σ(l),LY]]−2Ll+1Y = 0, ∀Y ∈ V , ∀l ∈Z. (4.12) 2 ∀Y ∈ V , in the light of Proposition 3.3, there exists N+ and W(l) in Q (λ) such that 2 2 M′[LY −λ2Y] = (EN+)M −MN+, N+| = 0, (4.13) un=0 M′[L[[σ(l),Y]]] = (EW(l))M −MW(l)+λ2M′[[[σ(l),Y]]], W(l)| = 0. (4.14) un=0 Meanwhile, usingzero curvaturerepresentation of σ(l), i.e., (3.19), and theidentity (4.4), wehave M′[[[σ(l),Y]]] = (EU(l)′[Y])M +(EU(l))M′[Y]−M′[Y]U(l)−MU(l)′[Y] (4.15) −λ2l+1M′[Y]−(M′[Y])′[σ(l)]. λ On the other hand, using the identity (4.4), (4.13) and zero curvature representation (3.19), we can have M′[[[σ(l),LY]]]= E(U(l)′[LY]−N+′[σ(l)]+[U(l),N+]−λ2l+1N+) M λ h−M U(l)′[LY]−N+′[σ(l)]+[U(l),N+]−λ2l+1N+i λ +λ2(cid:16)(EU(l))M′[Y]−M′[Y]U(l) −λ2lM′[Y]−λ2l+1(cid:17)M′[Y]−(M′[Y])′[σ(l)] . λ h (4.i16) 7 Then (4.16) and (4.14) together with (4.15) yield M′[L[[σ(l),Y]]−[[σ(l),LY]]−2λ2(l+1)Y]= (E < W(l),U(l),N+ >)M −M < W(l),U(l),N+ >, (4.17) where < W(l),U(l),N+ >= W(l)−U(l)′[LY −λ2Y]+N+′[σ(l)]+[N+,U(l)]+λ2l+1N+ (4.18) λ satisfying < W(l),U(l),N+ > | = 0. (4.19) un=0 Then, noting that (4.13) implies that there exists N+ ∈ Q (λ) such that 2 M′[Ll+1Y −λ2(l+1)Y]= (EN+)M −MN+, N+| = 0, (4.20) e un=0 and using Proposition 3.2, we can finally reach the equality (4.12) and thus we complete the e e e proof. (cid:3) We note that the algebra relations (4.5) can also be obtained through the reductive approach by using (4.9) and (4.10). 5 Symmetries for the non-isospectral AL hierarchy and Lie al- gebra By virtue of the Lie product relations given in Proposition 4.2, we can construct infinitely many symmetries for any member in the non-isospectral AL hierarchy (3.17). Proposition 5.1 For any l ∈ Z, the non-isospectral evolution equation u = σ(l) (5.1) nt has the following infinitely many symmetries m η(l,m) = Cj (2lt)m−jσ(l−jl), (m = 0,1,2,···), (5.2) m j=0 X m γ(l,m) = Cj (2lt)m−jK(−jl), (m = 0,1,2,···), (5.3) m j=0 X where Cj = m! . For convenient, we call (5.2) and (5.3)the η-symmetries and γ-symmetries, m j!(m−j)! respectively. (cid:3) This proposition can be proved by direct verification according to the definition (2.6) and the algebraic relations (4.5). Proposition 5.2 η-symmetries {η(l,m)} and γ-symmetries {γ(l,m)} construct m=0,1,2 m=0,1,2,··· a Lie algebra S and they follow the following Lie product relations, [[η(l,m),η(l,m)]]= 0, (m = 0,1,2), e [[η(l,m),η(l,s)]]= 2(s−m)lη(l,s+m−1), (m,s = 0,1,2,··· , m 6= s), [[γ(l,m),γ(l,s)]] = 0, (m,s = 0,1,2,···), (5.4) [[η(l,m),γ(l,0)]] = 0, (m = 0,1,2,···), [[η(l,m),γ(l,s)]]= 2slγ(l,s+m−1), (m = 0,1,2,··· , s = 1,2,···). 8 Obviously, the Lie algebra S has three generators e η(l,0), η(l,3), γ(l,1). (5.5) Proof: We only prove the second and the last equalities in (5.4). From (5.2) we have m s [[η(l,m),η(l,s)]] = Cj Ch(2lt)m+s−j−h[[σ(l−jl),σ(l−hl)]] m s j=0h=0 XmXs = 2l Cj Ch(2lt)m+s−j−h(h−j)σ(l−(j+h−1)l) m s j=0h=0 XX m+smin{i,m} = 2l Cj Ci−h(2lt)m+s−i(i−2j)σ(l−(i−1)l). m s i=1 j=0 X X Without loss of generality, we let m > s. Then, by noting that min{i,m} Cj Ci−h(2lt)m+s−i(i−2j) = (s−m)Ci−1 , (m,s = 0,1,··· , m > s, 1≤ i ≤ m+s), m s m+s−1 j=0 X (5.6) we immediately get m+s−1 [[η(l,m),η(l,s)]]= 2(s−m)l Ci σ(l−il) = 2(s−m)lη(l,s+m−1). m+s−1 i=0 X Similarly, we can prove the last equality in (5.4), where we need to use the identity min{i,m} Cj Ci−h(2lt)m+s−i(i−j) = sCi−1 , (m,s = 0,1,··· , m > s, 1≤ i ≤ m+s). (5.7) m s m+s−1 j=0 X The proof for (5.6) and (5.7) will be given in Appendix. (cid:3) In addition, for the isospectral equation u = K(−l) and non-isospectral equation u = σ(l), nt nt they have a non-trivial mutual symmetry, σ = −2ltK(0)−K(−l)+σ(l). (5.8) Conclusion To sum up, in this letter, we first respectively uniformed the isospectral AL hierarchy and non-isospectral AL hierarchy. Then we derived Lie algebraic relations of these uniformed flows by means of their zero curvature representations, and consequently we obtained K-symmetries and τ-symmetries for the isospectral AL hierarchy. As the Lie product relations between {K(l)} and {σ(s)} have been expended for any integer subindices l and s, some obtained symmetries are new. And, as an important result, we worked out new infinitely many symmetries for the non- isospectral AL hierarchy and gave their Lie algebra. Generators of these obtained Lie algebras have been given. The relations between the recursion operator L and the two sets of flows 9 were also discussed. It is known that it is not easy to construct infinitely many symmetries for non-isospectral evolution equations. We believe that our method to derive symmetries for non- isospectral equations through constructing negative order hierarchies is general and can apply to other systems. This will be investigated in detail elsewhere. In fact, there have been some known systemswithinverserecursionoperators,i.e., withpositiveandnegativeorderhierarchies[15]-[18]. In addition, can our new symmetries lead to new reductions and solutions? 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