Properties of Moyal-Lax Representation

Abstract

The Moyal-Lax representation and the Moyal momentum algebra are introduced and systematically investigated. It is shown that the Moyal-Lax equation can be interpreted as a Hamiltonian equation and can be derived from an action. We show that the parameter of non-commutativity, in this case, is related to the central charge of the second Hamiltonian structure of the system. The Moyal-Lax description leads in a natural manner to the dispersionless limit and provides the second Hamiltonian structure of dispersionless integrable models, which has been an open question for sometime.