Differential-Algebraic Integrability Analysis of the Generalized Riemann Type and Korteweg-de Vries Hydrodynamical Equations

A differential-algebraic approach to studying the Lax type integrability of the generalized Riemann type hydrodynamic equations at N = 3; 4 is devised. The approach is also applied to studying the Lax type integrability of the well known Korteweg-de Vries dynamical system.

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The paper develops a differential‑algebraic framework for establishing Lax‑type integrability of two important nonlinear hydrodynamic models: the generalized Riemann‑type equations and the classical Korteweg‑de Vries (KdV) equation. The authors begin by formulating the generalized Riemann hierarchy as the N‑th material derivative of a scalar field u, namely (D_t^N u = 0) with (D_t = \partial_t + u\partial_x). They restrict attention to the cases N = 3 and N = 4, which already exhibit the essential algebraic complexity of the full hierarchy.

For N = 3, the authors construct a differential‑algebraic ring (\mathcal{K}{u}) of differential polynomials in u and its x‑derivatives. Within this ring they identify a Lax pair (\mathcal{L},\mathcal{M}) where (\mathcal{L}) is a second‑order operator and (\mathcal{M}) a third‑order operator whose coefficients are polynomial functions of u and its derivatives. By direct computation they verify the zero‑curvature condition (