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On the uniqueness of Bäcklund transformations for KdV-type equations

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The restricted Bäcklund transformations for the KdV and MKdV equation are uniquely determined up to two real parameters. One of them can be incorporated into the solutions of the equations and is, therefore, inessential. The only possible generalization of the Bäcklund transformations for the KdV and MKdV equations which can be obtained is through enlarging the number of independent variables of the functions P, Q, i.e. through extending the dependence of the Bäcklund transformations so that they include zxy, zyy and possibly higher derivatives. The derivation of these more general Bäcklund transformation by the Clairin's method seems to be very difficult.

Theorem 1 was found to be a powerful tool for the proof of the uniqueness of the restricted Bäcklund transformations for the KdV and MKdV equations. Actually, it was used only for very special cases of its range of validity, and it seems that it may be useful for the investigation of the class of the KdV-type equations which possess a restricted Bäcklund transformation. We hope to publish the results of that investigation in the near future.

The origin of these investigations on Bäcklund transformations stems from a seminar held with Stanly Steinberg and Kurt Bernardo Wolf. The author is grateful to both of them for his introduction to the problem.

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    Present address: Institute of Physics, Czechosl. Acad. Sci., Na Slovance 2, 180 40, Praha 8, Czechoslovakia

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  1. Instituto de Investigaciones en Matematicas Aplicadas y en Sistemas, Universidad National Autónoma de México, México, D. F.

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The author would also like to thank IIMAS of the National University of Mexico for the hospitality extended to him.

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Hlavatý, L. On the uniqueness of Bäcklund transformations for KdV-type equations. Czech J Phys 33, 1049–1059 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01591246

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