Zero curvature representation, bi-Hamiltonian structure, and an integrable hierarchy for the Zakharov-Ito system

In the present paper, we present an integrable hierarchy for the Zakharov-Ito system. We first construct the Lenard recursion sequence and zero curvature representation for the Zakharov-Ito system, following Cao's method as significantly generalized by other authors. We then construct the bi-Hamiltonian structures employing variational trace identities but woven together with the Lenard recursion sequences. From this, we are in a position to construct an integrable hierarchy of equations from the Zakharov-Ito system, and we obtain the recursion operator and Poisson brackets for constructing this hierarchy. Finally, we demonstrate that the obtained hierarchy is indeed Liouville integrable. (C) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.