The infinite-dimensionality conjecture for integrable evolution equations

Let E\mathcal{E} be the infinite prolongation of a (1+1)\textup{(1+1)}-dimensional evolution equation. For pZ0p\in\mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0} and aEa\in\mathcal{E}, let Fp(E,a)\operatorname{\mathbb{F}}^{p}(\mathcal{E},a) denote the corresponding Lie algebra. Infinite-dimensionality conjecture. If the equation is integrable, then there exist pZ0p\in\mathbb{Z}_{\ge 0} and aEa\in\mathcal{E} such that Fp(E,a)\operatorname{\mathbb{F}}^{p}(\mathcal{E},a) is infinite-dimensional and, for every nilpotent ideal IFp(E,a)\mathfrak{I}\subset\operatorname{\mathbb{F}}^{p}(\mathcal{E},a), the quotient

Fp(E,a)/I\operatorname{\mathbb{F}}^{p}(\mathcal{E},a)/\mathfrak{I}

is infinite-dimensional as well. The conjecture proposes an algebraic criterion for detecting integrability: an integrable equation must have a prolongation Lie algebra with an infinite-dimensional non-nilpotent quotient.

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Sergei Igonin and Gianni Manno, “On Lie algebras responsible for integrability of (1+1)-dimensional scalar evolution PDEs”, arXiv:1810.09280 (2020).

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