Double waves in multi-dimensional systems of hydrodynamic type: a necessary condition for integrability
arXiv:nlin/0412064
Abstract
An invariant differential-geometric approach to the integrability of (2+1)-dimensional systems of hydrodynamic type u_t+A(u)u_x+B(u)u_y=0 is developed. It is proved that the existence of special solutions known as `double waves' is equivalent to the diagonalizability of an arbitrary matrix of the two-parameter family (kE+A)^{-1}(lE+B). Since the diagonalizability can be effectively verified by differential-geometric means, this provides a simple necessary condition for integrability.
27 pages, Latex, to appear in Proc. Royal Soc. A. The formulation of the main result (Theorem 2) is refined and a full proof is given
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