VIRTUAL SEMINAR SERIES -- INTEGRABLE SYSTEMS: Integrable boundary conditions for equations on quad-graphs, open boundary reductions and integrable mappings

Vincent Caudrelier (University of Leeds)

Wednesday 13th October, 2021 13:30-14:30 Zoom seminar hosted by ICMS

Abstract

I will present the notion of integrable boundary conditions for partial difference equations formulated on the so-called quad-graphs. It relies on an appropriate adaptation of the established notion of bulk integrability based on the consistency around the cube (or multidimensional consistency). I will explain the origin of these ideas. This will take me briefly into the realm of the set-theoretical Yang-Baxter equation and its companion, the set-theoretical reflection equation. I will then introduce the method of open (boundary) reductions, as an alternative to the well-known method of periodic reductions, for constructing discrete integrable mappings and their invariants. The invariants are constructed using Sklyanin's double-row monodromy matrix and this requires the introduction of the notion of reflection matrix and (discrete) boundary zero curvature condition in this context. We focus on examples from the Adler-Bobenko-Suris classication and associated
integrable boundary equations, and on the simplest case of the two-dimensional lattice. This
presentation is based on joint work with Nicolas Crampé, Peter van der Kamp and Cheng Zhang.

 

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