What is a classical r-matrix?
What is a classical r-matrix?
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01076717
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发表时间:
1983
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0.4
通讯作者:
M. A. Semenov-Tyan-Shanskii
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作者:
M. A. Semenov-Tyan-Shanskii
The method of the classical r-matrix appeared in the papers of Sklyanin [l] and [2] as a" by-product" of the quantum inverse-scattering method and has already acquired considerable popularity. The classical Yang~ Baxter equation, which is connected with the classical rmatrices, was discussed in detail in [3-5]. In this paper we establish a connection between the r-matrix method and the Riemann-problem method, which is the most effective tool presently available for integrating nonlinear equations. This leads us to a new approach to the Yang--Baxter equation. Our study is the outcome of a careful study of the papers [3-5]. The results of N. Yu. Reshetikhin and LD Eaddeev* played an important role in clarifying the algebraic meaning of the r-matrix. The advice of EK Sklyanin and AG Reiman was helpful to me in the preparation of this paper. To them, I express my deep gratitude. Our approach to the various topics is mainly suitable for the mathematician who is familiar with Hamiltonian mechanics on groups and with the standard methods of handling integrable equations of Lax form. A number of preliminary results were published in the author's note [7].A few words on the structure of the paper. Sections I-3 are introductory. They deal mainly with the translation of the tensor notations, which are standard in the r-matrix method, into the more general mathematical language of the Lie algebras. Also, the connections with the definitions of paper [5] are discussed in detail. A somewhat paradoxical observation we make in Sec. 3 is that the Yang--Baxter equation, which lies at the basis of the r-matrix method, is never actually fulfilled in the rigorous sense (at least in those cases where a well-posed Riemann problem exists). The modified Yang--Baxter equation, introduced in Sec. 3, permits the construction of an abstract version of the Riemann-problem