An extension of integrable peakon equations with cubic nonlinearity

Abstract

A generalization of integrable peakon equations with cubic nonlinearity and the Degasperis–Procesi equation with peakon solutions is proposed, which is associated with a 3 × 3 matrix spectral problem with two potentials. With the aid of the zero-curvature equation, we derive a hierarchy of new nonlinear evolution equations and establish their Hamiltonian structures. The generalization is exactly a negative flow in the hierarchy and admits exact solutions with N-peakons and an infinite sequence of conserved quantities. Moreover, a reduction of this hierarchy and its Hamiltonian structures are discussed.