Ren-integrable and ren-symmetric integrable systems

S Y Lou

School of Physical Science and Technology,Ningbo University,Ningbo,315211,China

Abstract A new type of symmetry,ren-symmetry,describing anyon physics and corresponding topological physics,is proposed.Ren-symmetry is a generalization of super-symmetry which is widely applied in super-symmetric physics such as super-symmetric quantum mechanics,super-symmetric gravity,super-symmetric string theory,super-symmetric integrable systems and so on.Supersymmetry and Grassmann numbers are,in some sense,dual conceptions,and it turns out that these conceptions coincide for the ren situation,that is,a similar conception of ren-number(R-number)is devised for ren-symmetry.In particular,some basic results of the R-number and ren-symmetry are exposed which allow one to derive,in principle,some new types of integrable systems including ren-integrable models and ren-symmetric integrable systems.Training examples of renintegrable KdV-type systems and ren-symmetric KdV equations are explicitly given.

Keywords: symmetries,integrable systems,anyon physics,extended supersymmetry,rensymmetry

1.Introduction

The idea of symmetry originates in natural scientific fields,and its importance there is well known [1–9].Symmetry considerations belong to the most universal and astonishing methods by which scientists have successfully solved problems in building new solutions from known ones [10–12],performing dimensional reductions of nonlinear partial differential equations [13–18],getting new integrable systems[19–23] and even constructing all solutions for certain nonlinear systems [24,25].

By using the SU(3)×SU(2)×U(1) symmetry,three fundamental interactions,the strong,weak and electromagnetic interactions,have been unified into the so-called standard model.However,in order to unify the gravitational interaction to the standard model,one has to introduce a new type of symmetry,say the super-symmetry between bosons and fermions.New areas of physical fields,including super-symmetric gravity [26,27],super-symmetric quantum mechanics [28],super-symmetric string theory [29] and super-symmetric integrable systems [30–35],have been developed which are highly motivated by super-symmetries,in the belief that they possess a high potential for future development.

In super-symmetry theory,it is essential to introduce the Grassmann variable θ [36,37] and the super-symmetric derivativeD with the properties

The super-symmetric derivativeD is invariant under the super-symmetric transformation

Recently,unlike bosons and fermions,anyons with fractional charges,spin and statistics in two dimensions have attracted the attention of many scientists[38–41].Anyons can be used to describe some kinds of quasi-particles (the lowenergy excitations in Hamiltonian systems) including the fractional quantum Hall states [42],vortices in topological superconductors [43] and Majorana zero modes in semiconductors proximitized by superconductors[44].By analogy with the fermion case in which fermions can be described by Grassmann fields,some new fields are endowed to describe anyons,which we call anyon-fields and/or ren-fields.We shall use the adjective ‘ren’to stress the arbitrary nature of α and to avoid confusion with ‘arbitrary symmetry’ or ‘any symmetry’.‘Ren’ means ‘arbitrary’ in Chinese.

A comparison of the Grassmann number (G-number)θ=and the super-symmetric derivative D=corresponding to the ren point of view,suggests that one should use,as the ren-number (R-number) and the ren-symmetric derivative,respectively,the following radical generalization of the formulae

with α being arbitrary.

The introduction of the G-number and the super-symmetric derivative yields some significant novel mathematical and physical fields such as Grassmann algebra [36],super-symmetric quantum mechanics [28],super-symmetric string theory [29],super-symmetric gravity [26],super-/Kuper-integrable systems[45–51] and super-symmetric integrable theories [30–35].Therefore,we hope that the introduction of the R-number and the ren-symmetric derivative may successfully create some different mathematical and physical fields such as ren-algebra,rencalculus,ren-integrable models and ren-symmetric integrable systems.The usual G-number,G-algebra,super-symmetric theory,super-integrable systems and super-symmetric integrable systems just correspond to the ren-case for α=2.

In Section 2 of this paper,the concept of the R-number θ for an arbitrary positive integer α is defined with the aim of deriving ren-algebra,ren-derivative and ren-symmetric derivative.Then,we deal in Section 3 with the problem of finding some types of ren-integrable systems by coupling the usual boson fields and the anyon-fields.When α is fixed to α=2,the ren-integrable system is just the known super-or Kuper-integrable systems [45].By means of the ren-symmetric derivative,we study the ren-symmetric integrable systems in Section 4,and the ren-symmetric KdV systems for α=3,4 are explicitly given.The well-known super-symmetric integrable systems are just the special cases of the ren-symmetric integrable systems with α=2.The last section includes a short summary and some discussions.

2.Ren-algebra,ren-derivative and ren-symmetric derivative

Definition 1.An R-numberθ≡θαis defined as a number possessing the properties

where α is an arbitrary positive integer.

That is,an R-number can be spelled out as a non-zero α root of zero

It is clear that there are α-1 solutions of (5),{θ,θ2,…,θα-1}.Such a definition exists in one important special case,α=2,and the usual G-number θ=θ2.

For α=2,we know that ifaandbare G-numbers then the combination is still a G-number when the anti-communication relation

holds.

Similarly,for α ≥2,ifaandbare R-numbers with theqcommutation relation

then so is the combinationa+bofaandb,where{nmpm＜α} is a set withpm,m=1,…,Mbeing the prime factors of α andnm=1,…,Nmbeing integers withNmpm＜α.For α=3,4,…,10,we have

From the expression ofqgiven in (7),we know that the usual number (boson number) is related to α=∞and the G-number (fermion number) corresponds to α=2.

Definition 2.The degree,β(mod(α)),of an R-number γ is defined as

where the degree of θ is always fixed as one in this paper.γ in(9) is also said to be a β order R-number.

If the R-numbers γ1and γ2possess the degrees β1and β2,respectively,then we have the commutation relation

which is consistent with (9) when β2=1 and β1β2=0.

Definition 3.Ren-derivative,is a derivative with respect to the ren-variable θ,

Similar to the Grassmann case,because the definition of the R-number (4),an arbitrary function of the renvariable,f(θ),can be written as

Iff(θ) is a β order R-number,thenfiandgiin (12) are β-iorder R-numbers with

According to the property(12),it is enough to find all the possible ren-derivatives for an arbitrary ren-functionf(θ) by calculating

Based on the commutation relation(7)and the definition of the ren-derivative (11),it is readily proven that

whereiqis defined asiq=1+q+…+qi-1,say,2q=1+q,3q=1+q+q2and so on.

Thus,for the ren-functionf(θ) with degree β,we have

Ren-integration may be defined as an inverse operator of the ren-derivative for θk,k＜α-1,however,for θα-1the inverse operator of the ren-derivative is not well defined.A different integration operator can be defined[52].For α=2,the Berezin integral has been defined [53,54].In this paper,we will not discuss this problem,though the similar Berezin integral may be introduced under the requirement of translation invariance[52].Definition 4.A ren-symmetric derivativeR ≡Rαis defined as an α root of the usual space derivativex∂,i.e.,

It is interesting that in terms of the R-number θ,the rensymmetric derivativeR can be explicitly written as

whose particular caseq=1 is the usualn!.

It is reasonable that the ren-symmetric derivative (16)will reduce back to the known super-symmetric derivative R2≡ D=∂θ+θ∂xwhen α=2.The ren-symmetric derivatives for α=3,4,5,6 and 7 are given by the formulae as a straightforward computation,

It is not difficult to prove that the ren-symmetric derivativeR possesses the following ren-symmetric transformation

With the stress on the first fewf,say,α=2,3,4,5 and 6,we have

3.Ren-integrable systems

In the limit α=2,ren-integrable models are just the known super-or Kuper-integrable models which were first proposed by Kupershmidt in [45].It is known that the usual bosonic KdV equation,

Usually,the spectral function ψ is considered as a boson function.In fact,because the Lax pair (23) is linear,the spectral function ψ may be a fermion function and even a renfunction.

It is known that if σ is a symmetry of an integrable evolution equation

is also an integrable model.

Furthermore,if σ=σ(ψ),where ψ is a spectral function of the Lax pair,

of (24),then the first type of source equation

and the second type of source equation

may all be integrable [55–63].

Usually,the spectral functions ψ studied in the integrable models are restricted as bosonic functions.For instance,for the KdV equation(22)the first and second types of integrable bosonic source equations possess the forms

respectively.

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Now,if we extend the spectral function of the Lax pair(23) to a ren-function,ξ,then we have a trivial symmetry,σ=ξα-1ξxx.Applying this symmetry to the second type of source equation,we can find some coupled ren systems

with one boson fielduandk×niren-fields ξij,wherek,niand αiare all arbitrary integers.

The integrability of(32)with αi=2 for alli=1,2,…,kis known because the models reduce back to the so-called super-/Kuper-integrable systems [45–48].Before studying the integrability of (32) with αi≠2 for some 2 ＜i≤k,we directly write down a more general nontrivial symmetry of the KdV equation (22),

where ξ1and ξ2are ren-spectral functions of the usual KdV equation with the same spectral parameter λ=λ1=λ2but with different degrees,β and α-β,respectively.

The simplest second type of source equation related to(33) possesses the form

Theorem.The model(34)is Lax integrable with the Lax pair

Proof.To complete the proof of the theorem,it suffices to prove that the compatibility condition

is valid for arbitraryfif (34) is satisfied.

Expanding the expression(36)with the operatorsdefined in (35),

and simplifying the result with the formulae of integration by parts

(37) is changed to

Because of the arbitrariness off,(39) is correct only after joining it to equation (34).The theorem is proved.

Remark.From the proof procedure of the theorem,it is known that we have not used any commutation relation on ξ1and ξ2.That means (34) is Lax integrable no matter whether the fields ξ1and ξ2are boson fields,fermion fields and/or renfields with arbitrary α.

4.Ren-symmetric integrable systems

In Section 2 of this paper,we defined the ren-symmetric derivativeR.By means of the ren-symmetric derivative,the usual bosonic integrable systems can be extended to rensymmetric integrable ones.Before discussing ren-symmetric integrable systems,we list some special cases for α=2,i.e.,the super-symmetric integrable models.

4.1.Super-symmetric integrable KdV systems

The most generalN=1 symmetric form of the KdV equation(22)is generated by the fermionic super-field Φ with an arbitrary constanta,

Mathieu had proven that the super-symmetric KdV equation(40)is Painlevé integrable only fora=0 and 3[64].Although the super-symmetric KdV system (40) is not Painlevé integrable for arbitrarya,it does possess multiple soliton solutions [65].In (40),the super-field Φ ≡ξ+θuis a fermionic super-field with a fermion field ξ and a boson fieldu.

For the coupled KdV equation,we have an interacting model between a super-symmetric boson fieldUand a supersymmetric fermion field Φ

which is Lax integrable.IncorporatingU=0,(41) readily reduces back to (40) witha=3.For Φ=0,(41) becomes a quite trivial extension of the original KdV equation (22)byu→U.

The component form of (41) reads

withU=u+θξ and Φ=ζ+θv,whereuandvare boson components and ξ and ζ are fermion components.

The Lax pair of (41) can be written as

4.2.Ren-symmetric integrable KdV systems

Analogous to (40),the general ren-symmetric KdV equation is expressible in the form

where[β1] is the integer part of β1,ai,i=0,1,2,…,[β1],are arbitrary bosonic constants and β is the degree of the ren-field Φ ≡Φ(x,t,θ).

As in the super-symmetric (α=2) case,one may find some possible integrable cases by fixing the constantsaiof the ren-symmetric KdV equation (44).For instance,the Lax integrable systems,

are just the special cases of (44).The degrees of Φjand ρjin(45) arej.

For α=3,the ren-symmetric KdV equation (44)becomes

wherea,bandcare arbitrary constants and Φ0,Φ1and Φ2are the ren-fields with degrees 0,1 and 2,respectively.

The special integrable case (45) for {α=3,j=0} is related to(47)withb=0 up to a re-scaling.(48)with{a=0,c=b} is equivalent to the integrable case (45) for {α=3,j=1}.Taking {a=b=0} in (49) leads to the equivalent special integrable ren-symmetric KdV equation (45) with{α=3,j=2}.

Incorporating the explicit forms for

and the consistent commutation relations

leads to the coupled component forms of (47),(48) and (49)

and

respectively.uin(51)–(53) is a bosonic field and ξ and ζ are ren-fields with degrees 1 and 2,respectively.

The known special integrable ren-symmetric KdV systems of (51) and (52) read

respectively.The special integrable ren-symmetric KdV system of(53)is equivalent to that of(52)by the transformation ζx→ζ.

where Φ0,Φ1,Φ2and Φ3are the ren-fields with degrees 0,1,2 and 3,respectively.

5.Summary and discussions

In retrospect,the usual Grassmann number and the supersymmetric derivative have been straightforwardly extended to more general forms,the R-number and the ren-symmetric derivatives,to be applicable to describe physically important quasi-particles,anyons.Applying the R-numbers and rensymmetric derivatives to integrable theory,we have extended the super-integrable and super-symmetric integrable systems to ren-integrable and ren-symmetric integrable systems.

It is interesting that the ren-integrable KdV system (34)possesses completely the same form for arbitrary α even for the boson case (α=∞) and fermion case (α=2).The only difference is that the degrees of the ren-fields ξ1and ξ2should be complementary,say,β and α-β,such that ξ1ξ2becomes a boson.

The ren-integrable system(34)can be further extended to

where |ϕ〉 is a boson vector field,is a βαorder renvector field andis an α-βαorder ren-vector field.The general ren-integrable KdV-type system(60)is still a Lax integrable model.

Although the number of papers produced so far on the construction of solutions is incredibly large,it is necessary to develop some novel methods,one of which may be the socalled bosonization method [37],to construct special solutions of the ren-integrable KdV system (34) (or more generally (60)) and the ren-symmetric KdV system (44).

R-numbers may also be used to find other types of integrable models such as dark equations and integrable couplings [66,67].The concept of dark equations was first introduced by Kupershmidt in [68–70] where many types of dark KdV systems are given.The modified dark KdV equations are studied in [71].The bosonization procedure of the super-symmetric systems have offered some new types of dark integrable systems [37].The super-symmetric dark systems have also been proposed in a preprint paper[72].The bosonization of ren-symmetric integrable models may yield further dark integrable equations.In fact,applying the bosonization assumptions

with the {x,t}-independent R-number η and the {x,t}-dependent boson fieldspandqon the integrable systems(54)and/or (55) yields the same standard dark equation system,

because η3=0.From (62),we know that the ren-integrable systems(54)and(55)possess special types of exact solutions withubeing an arbitrary solution of the usual KdV equation and ξ and ζ being given by (61) whilepandqare arbitrary symmetries of the usual KdV equation.

The dark systems can also be considered as some special type of integrable couplings [72–74].More about the renintegrable,ren-symmetric integrable and dark integrable systems should be further studied later.

Acknowledgments

The work was sponsored by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.12235007,11 975 131).The author wishes to thank Profs.Q P Liu,B F Feng,X B Hu,R X Yao and M Jia and Drs.K Tian,X Z Hao and D D Zhang for their helpful discussions.

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