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The Hamiltonian structure of the dispersionless Toda hierarchy

D. B. Fairlie, I. A. B. Strachan

solv-intarXiv:solv-int/9502003

Abstract

The Hamiltonian structure of the two-dimensional dispersionless Toda hierarchy is studied, this being a particular example of a system of hydrodynamic type. The polynomial conservation laws for the system turn out, after a change of variable, to be associated with the axially symmetric solutions of the 3-dimensional Laplace equation and this enables a generating function for the Hamiltonian densities to be derived in closed form.

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