Two hierarchies of lattice soliton equations associated with a new discrete eigenvalue problem and Darboux transformation

By considering a new discrete isospectral eigenvalue problem, two hierarchies of integrable positive and negative lattice models are derived. It is shown that they correspond to positive and negative power expansions of Lax operators with respect to the spectral parameter, respectively. And, each equation in the resulting hierarchies is integrable in Liouville sense. Moreover, a Darboux transformation is established for the typical equations by using gauge transformations of Lax pairs, from which the exact solutions are given. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V All rights reserved.