Gambier lattices and other linearisable systems

Abstract

We propose two different appraoches to extending the Gambier mapping to a two-dimensional lattice equation. A first approach relies on a hypothesis of separate evolutions in each of the two directions. We show that known equations like the Startsev-Garifullin-Yamilov equation, the Hietarinta equation, as well as one proposed by the current authors, are in fact Gambier lattices. A second approach, based on the same principle as the Gambier equation, that of two linearisable equations in cascade, constructs a Gambier lattice in the form of a system of two coupled Burgers equations. The (slow) growth properties of the latter are in agreement with its linearisable character.

Keywords:

• integrable lattices
• Gambier mapping
• singularity confinement
• growth properties

PACS numbers:

• 02.30.Ik
• 05.45.Yv