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The characterization of two-component (2+1)-dimensional integrable systems of hydrodynamic type
We obtain the necessary and sufficient conditions for a two-component
(2+1)-dimensional system of hydrodynamic type to possess infinitely many
hydrodynamic reductions. These conditions are in involution, implying that the
systems in question are locally parametrized by 15 arbitrary constants. It is
proved that all such systems possess three conservation laws of hydrodynamic
type and, therefore, are symmetrizable in Godunov's sense. Moreover, all such
systems are proved to possess a scalar pseudopotential which plays the role of
the `dispersionless Lax pair'. We demonstrate that the class of two-component
systems possessing a scalar pseudopotential is in fact identical with the class
of systems possessing infinitely many hydrodynamic reductions, thus
establishing the equivalence of the two possible definitions of the
integrability. Explicit linearly degenerate examples are constructed.Comment: 15 page