Open AccessDiscrete integrable systems: Multidimensional consistency
Author(s) -
Dajun Zhang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
wuli xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.199
H-Index - 47
ISSN - 1000-3290
DOI - 10.7498/aps.69.20191647
Subject(s) - integrable system , consistency (knowledge bases) , discrete system , mathematics , discrete modelling , pure mathematics , discrete time and continuous time , algebra over a field , discrete mathematics , statistics , algorithm
In contrast to the well-established theory of differential equations, the theory of difference equations has not quite developed so far. The most recent advances in the theory of discrete integrable systems have brought a true revolution to the study of difference equations. Multidimensional consistency is a new concept appearing in the research of discrete integrable systems. This property, as an explanation to a type of discrete integrability, plays an important role in constructing the Bäcklund transformations, Lax pairs and exact solutions for discrete integrable system. In the present paper, the multidimensional consistency and its applications in the research of discrete integrable systems are reviewed.