Solutions of Adler's lattice equation associated with 2-cycles of the Bäcklund transformation

Abstract

The Bäcklund transformation (BT) of Adler's lattice equation is inherent in the equation itself by virtue of its multidimensional consistency. We refer to a solution of the equation that is related to itself by the composition of two BTs (with different Bäcklund parameters) as a 2-cycle of the BT. In this article we will show that such solutions are associated with a commuting one-parameter family of rank-2 (i.e., 2-variable), 2-valued mappings. We will construct the explicit solution of the mappings within this family and hence give the solutions of Adler's equation associated with 2-cycles of the BT. Copyright © 2007 by J Atkinson and F W Nijhoff.