Legendre transformations on the triangular lattice

The main purpose of the paper is to demonstrate that condition of invariance with respect to the Legendre transformations allows effectively isolate the class of integrable difference equations on the triangular lattice, which can be considered as discrete analogues of relativistic Toda type lattices. Some of obtained equations are new, up to the author knowledge. As an example, one of them is studied in more details, in particular, its higher continuous symmetries and zero curvature representation are found.Comment: 13 pages, late

Discrete time Lagrangian mechanics on Lie groups, with an application to the Lagrange top

We develop the theory of discrete time Lagrangian mechanics on Lie groups, originated in the work of Veselov and Moser, and the theory of Lagrangian reduction in the discrete time setting. The results thus obtained are applied to the investigation of an integrable time discretization of a famous integrable system of classical mechanics, -- the Lagrange top. We recall the derivation of the Euler--Poinsot equations of motion both in the frame moving with the body and in the rest frame (the latter ones being less widely known). We find a discrete time Lagrange function turning into the known continuous time Lagrangian in the continuous limit, and elaborate both descriptions of the resulting discrete time system, namely in the body frame and in the rest frame. This system naturally inherits Poisson properties of the continuous time system, the integrals of motion being deformed. The discrete time Lax representations are also found. Kirchhoff's kinetic analogy between elastic curves and motions of the Lagrange top is also generalised to the discrete context.Comment: LaTeX 2e, 44 pages, 1 figur

On the structure of the B\"acklund transformations for the relativistic lattices

The B\"acklund transformations for the relativistic lattices of the Toda type and their discrete analogues can be obtained as the composition of two duality transformations. The condition of invariance under this composition allows to distinguish effectively the integrable cases. Iterations of the B\"acklund transformations can be described in the terms of nonrelativistic lattices of the Toda type. Several multifield generalizations are presented