Keywords
nonlocal symmetry, Backlund transformation, self-dual Yang-Mills system, evolutionary isovectors
Abstract
The observation is made that generalized evolutionary isovectors of the self-dual Yang–Mills equation, obtained by "verticalization'' of the geometrical isovectors derived in a previous paper [J. Math. Phys. 28, 1261 (1987)], generate Bäcklund transformations for the self-dual system. In particular, new Bäcklund transformations are obtained by "verticalizing'' the generators of point transformations on the solution manifold. A geometric ansatz for the derivation of such (generally nonlocal) symmetries is proposed.
Original Publication Citation
Papachristou, C. J. and Kent B. Harrison."Nonlocal symmetries and B[a-umlaut]cklund transformations for the self-dual Yang-Mills system." Journal of Mathematical Physics 29 (1988): 238-243.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Papachristou, C. J. and Harrison, Kent B., "Nonlocal symmetries and Backlund transformations for the self-dual Yang-Mills system" (1988). Faculty Publications. 739.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/739
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1988-01-01
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/1332
Publisher
AIP
Language
English
College
Physical and Mathematical Sciences
Department
Physics and Astronomy
Copyright Status
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