• On a class of integrable systems of Monge-Ampère type 

      Doubrov, Boris; Ferapontov, Eugene V.; Kruglikov, Boris; Novikov, Vladimir S. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-06-08)
      We investigate a class of multi-dimensional two-component systems of Monge-Ampère type that can be viewed as generalisations of heavenly type equations appearing in a self-dual Ricci-flat geometry. Based on the Jordan-Kronecker theory of the skew-symmetric matrix pencils, a classification of normal forms of such systems is obtained. All two-component systems of Monge-Ampère type turn out to be ...
    • Second-order PDEs in four dimensions with half-flat conformal structure 

      Berjawi, S.; Ferapontov, Eugene V.; Kruglikov, Boris; Novikov, Vladimir S (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-29)
      We study second-order partial differential equations (PDEs) in four dimensions for which the conformal structure defined by the characteristic variety of the equation is half-flat (self-dual or anti-self-dual) on every solution. We prove that this requirement implies the Monge–Ampère property. Since half-flatness of the conformal structure is equivalent to the existence of a non-trivial dispersionless ...