Einstein–Weyl geometry, the dKP equation and twistor theory

Einstein–Weyl geometry, the dKP equation and twistor theory

It is shown that Einstein–Weyl (EW) equations in 2+1 dimensions contain the dispersionless Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (dKP) equation as a special case: If an EW structure admits a constant weighted vector then it is locally given by h = dy2−4dxdt−4udt2, ν = −4uxdt, where u = u(x, y, t) satisfies the dKP equation (ut − uux)x = uyy. Linearised solutions to the dKP equation are shown to give rise to f...

Twistor Solutions of the dKP Equation ∗

The factorization problem for the group of canonical transformations close to the identity and the corresponding twistor equations for an ample family of canonical variables are considered. A method to deal with these reductions is developed for the construction classes of nontrivial solutions of the dKP equation.

2 On Twistor Solutions of the dKP Equation ∗

The factorization problem for the group of canonical transformations close to the identity and the corresponding twistor equations for an ample family of canonical variables are considered. A method to deal with these reductions is developed for the construction classes of nontrivial solutions of the dKP equation.

Twistor Theory of the Airy Equation

We demonstrate how the complex integral formula for the Airy functions arises from Penrose’s twistor contour integral formula. We then use the Lax formulation of the isomonodromy problem with one irregular singularity of order four to show that the Airy equation arises from the anti-self-duality equations for conformal structures of neutral signature invariant under the isometric action of the ...

Einstein { Weyl Geometry , the dKP