Darboux integrable discrete equations possessing an autonomous first-order integral

Abstract

All Darboux integrable difference equations on the quad-graph are described in the case of the equations that possess autonomous first-order integrals in one of the characteristics. A generalization of the discrete Liouville equation is obtained from a subclass of these equation via a non-point transformation. The general proposition on the symmetry structure of the quad-graph equations is proved as an auxiliary result.