Galilean symmetry of the KdV hierarchy

Abstract

By solving the infinitesimal Galilean symmetry for the KdV hierarchy, we obtain an explicit expression for the corresponding one-parameter Lie group, which we call the Galilean symmetry of the KdV hierarchy. As an application, we establish an explicit relationship between the non-abelian Born--Infeld partition function and the generalized Brézin--Gross--Witten partition function.

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