The Derivation of a Fifth-Order Equation via the Lax and the Alternate Lax Methods


Ünlü M.

CUMHURIYET SCIENCE JOURNAL, vol.46, no.3, pp.583-589, 2025 (TRDizin) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 46 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2025
  • Doi Number: 10.17776/csj.1733907
  • Journal Name: CUMHURIYET SCIENCE JOURNAL
  • Journal Indexes: TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.583-589
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

We present the derivation of a fifth-order integrable nonlinear partial differential equation via the Lax method and the alternate Lax method in the continuous case. The Lax method uses a pair of differential operators, 𝐿 and 𝐴, satisfying a compatibility condition. The pair (𝐿,𝐴) is known as the Lax pair. The alternate Lax method is a variation of the Lax method and use a consistency relation equivalent to the commutation of a certain derivative operator associated with the time evolution and the spacial evolution. In the paper we also show that the Lax method and the alternate Lax method are equivalent.