𝑟-matrices for integrable systems

<p> We consider some algebraic and geometric aspects of the theory of integrable systems in finite dimensions, associated with the existence of a classical <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -matrix, first introduced by Sklyanin as the classical analogue of the quantum version. The importance of the notion of the <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -matrix in this context relies on the fact that it connects the Hamiltonian structure of integrable equations with the factorisation problem which provides their explicit solution. </p> <p> In this framework, the Lax matrix is interpreted as the coadjoint orbit of a Lie algebra <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , and the existence of a non-dynamical <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -matrix allows the introduction of a second Lie algebra structure on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . Depending on the properties of the <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -matrix associated with the specific system, we distinguish between bialgebras and dialgebras. Bialgebras are associated with a skew-symmetric <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -matrix, were introduced by Drinfeld, and connected to the interplay between the two Lie algebras structures on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and its dual <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g Superscript asterisk"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mo> ∗ </mml:mo> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}^*</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> respectively. Dialgebras refer to a larger class of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="r"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>r</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">r</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -matrix and are related to the factorisation properties of the system, were introduced by Semenov-Tian-Shansky and consist in two Lie algebras <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="German g Subscript upper R"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi mathvariant="fraktur">g</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> </mml:msub> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\mathfrak {g}_R</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> coexisting on the same vector space. </p>