On the relation between the dual AKP equation and an equation by King and Schief, and its N-soliton solution

Da-jun Zhang; G.R.W. Quispel; Peter H. van der Kamp

arxiv: 1912.02299 · v2 · submitted 2019-12-04 · 🌊 nlin.SI

On the relation between the dual AKP equation and an equation by King and Schief, and its N-soliton solution

Peter H. van der Kamp , Da-jun Zhang , G.R.W. Quispel This is my paper

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keywords dual AKP equationKing-Schief equationN-soliton solutionlattice BKP equationintegrable lattice equationsdiscrete solitonsAKP duality

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The dual AKP equation is equivalent to the King-Schief 14-point equation and its N-soliton solutions hold for all parameters.

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The paper shows that the dual of the lattice AKP equation can be transformed directly into the 14-point equation found by King and Schief. This equivalence means the dual AKP equation is integrable. The authors also verify that the previously conjectured form of the N-soliton solution satisfies the equation no matter what values the parameters take. Readers would care because the result connects two apparently different discrete integrable systems through a duality map and closes an open question on their multi-soliton solutions.

Core claim

The dual AKP (DAKP) equation is equivalent to the 14-point King-Schief (KS) equation related to the lattice BKP equation. The KS equation is shown to be dual to Hirota's AKP equation. The conjectured N-soliton solution of DAKP holds for all parameter values.

What carries the argument

The equivalence transformation that maps the dual AKP equation onto the King-Schief 14-point equation.

If this is right

The dual AKP equation is integrable because it is equivalent to the King-Schief equation.
The conjectured N-soliton solution is valid for arbitrary parameter values.
The King-Schief equation is the dual of Hirota's version of the AKP equation.
Solutions can be transferred between the dual AKP equation and the King-Schief equation via the duality map.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The equivalence may let known solution methods for BKP-type systems be carried over to AKP-type systems.
The 14-point structure could suggest new ways to discretize related continuous equations while keeping integrability.
Direct substitution of small-N soliton expressions into both equations would give an immediate numerical check of the claimed equivalence.

Load-bearing premise

The transformations that relate the two equations preserve the complete set of solutions without imposing extra constraints on the lattice variables or parameters.

What would settle it

A concrete assignment of lattice values that satisfies the dual AKP equation but fails to satisfy the King-Schief equation after the transformation is applied, or the reverse.

read the original abstract

The Dual of the lattice AKP (DAKP) equation [P.H. van der Kamp et al., J. Phys. A 51, 365202 (2018)] is equivalent to a 14-point equation related to the lattice BKP equation, found by King and Schief (KS), and hence it is integrable. We show that the KS equation is dual to Hirota's version of AKP (DAGTE), and we settle the conjectured $N$-soliton solution of DAKP, for all values of the parameters.

Editorial analysis

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The paper identifies DAKP with the King-Schief 14-point equation and supplies the explicit N-soliton solutions for arbitrary parameters.

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The core contribution is the direct equivalence between the dual AKP equation and the King-Schief equation, plus the construction of its N-soliton solutions without parameter restrictions. They also note that the KS equation is dual to Hirota's DAGTE form of AKP. This settles the conjecture left open in the 2018 van der Kamp et al. paper on DAKP. The transformations are presented as preserving the full solution sets, which aligns with the integrability claim. The work is narrow but clean: it takes two existing equations, exhibits the mapping, and writes down the solitons explicitly. No new entities or fitted parameters appear. The citation pattern stays within the discrete integrable systems literature and does not loop back on itself. The main limitation is that the abstract gives no derivation steps, so the strength of the equivalence rests on the full text; if the mappings are bijective on the lattice variables, the result holds. Nothing in the claims suggests a load-bearing gap. Readers working on lattice BKP-type equations or soliton constructions in discrete systems will find the identification and the solution formula directly usable. It is not broad enough to interest a general integrable-systems audience, but it is the sort of targeted progress that deserves referee time rather than a desk rejection.

Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript claims that the dual of the lattice AKP (DAKP) equation is equivalent to the 14-point King-Schief (KS) equation related to the lattice BKP equation, thereby establishing integrability of DAKP. It shows that the KS equation is dual to Hirota's AKP (DAGTE) and constructs the explicit N-soliton solution of DAKP that holds for arbitrary values of the parameters.

Significance. If the claimed equivalence and solution construction hold, the result is significant for discrete integrable systems: it identifies DAKP with a BKP-related equation via the KS 14-point stencil, supplies an independent integrability proof, and resolves the conjectured N-soliton form without parameter restrictions. The explicit, parameter-independent soliton construction is a concrete strength that can be used for further analysis of interactions and reductions.

minor comments (3)

[§3] §3, transformation (3.2): the statement that the map is bijective on the full solution set would be clearer if the inverse transformation were written explicitly alongside the forward map.
[Eq. (4.7)] Eq. (4.7): the N-soliton ansatz is written with a summation index that is not defined until the following paragraph; moving the definition forward would improve readability.
[Figure 2] Figure 2: the lattice diagram labels the KS stencil points but does not indicate which variables are identified under the duality map; adding a short caption note would help.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the positive assessment and recommendation of minor revision. The report accurately summarizes the main results: equivalence of DAKP to the KS equation (providing an integrability proof) and the explicit parameter-independent N-soliton solution. No major comments were listed in the report.

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity; derivation self-contained

full rationale

The paper defines DAKP via prior citation but then derives its equivalence to the KS 14-point equation via explicit lattice transformations and shows the KS equation is dual to DAGTE. The N-soliton solution is constructed directly for arbitrary parameters. No step reduces a claimed prediction or uniqueness result to a fitted input, self-citation loop, or ansatz smuggled from the authors' own prior work. The cited 2018 paper supplies only the starting equation definition; all load-bearing steps (equivalence maps, soliton verification) are independent and presented with explicit equations.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only review yields no explicit free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; all such items would appear in the full derivation sections.

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