Studies in Applied Mathematics

Geng, Xianguo; Xue, Bo; Wu, Lihua

doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9590.2012.00555.xpmid: N/A

A super Camassa–Holm equation with peakon solutions is proposed, which is associated with a 3 × 3 matrix spectral problem with two potentials. With the aid of the zero‐curvature equation, we derive a hierarchy of super Harry Dym type equations and establish their Hamiltonian structures. It is shown that the super Camassa–Holm equation is exactly a negative flow in the hierarchy and admits exact solutions with N peakons. As an example, exact 1‐peakon solutions of the super Camassa–Holm equation are given. Infinitely many conserved quantities of the super Camassa–Holm equation and the super Harry Dym type equation are, respectively, obtained.

Mazzocco, Marta; Vidunas, Raimundas

doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9590.2012.00562.xpmid: N/A

The starting point of this paper is a classification of quadratic polynomial transformations of the monodromy manifold for the 2 × 2 isomonodromic Fuchsian systems associated to the Painlevé VI equation. Up to birational automorphisms of the monodromy manifold, we find three transformations. Two of them are identified as the action of known quadratic or quartic transformations of the Painlevé VI equation. The third transformation of the monodromy manifold gives a new transformation of degree 3 of Picard’s solutions of Painlevé VI.

Schief, W. K.; An, H.; Rogers, C.

doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9590.2012.00559.xpmid: N/A

Integrable substructure of a 2+1‐dimensional magneto‐gasdynamic system is investigated via a general elliptic vortex ansatz. Certain universal and Hamiltonian aspects of the admitted representation are uncovered. A class of confined magneto‐gasdynamic flows with an elliptic cylindrical boundary is isolated with time‐dependent semiaxes determined by an integrable Ermakov–Ray–Reid system.