Infinitely many nonlocal conservation laws for the $ABC$ equation with $A+B+C\neq 0$

Abstract

We construct an infinite hierarchy of nonlocal conservation laws for the $ABC$ equation $A u_t\,u_{xy}+B u_x\,u_{ty}+C u_y\,u_{tx} = 0$, where $A,B,C$ are constants and $A+B+C\neq 0$, using a nonisospectral Lax pair. As a byproduct, we present new coverings for the ABC equation. The method of proof of nontriviality of the conservation laws under study is quite general and can be applied to many other integrable multidimensional systems.