Integrability of the coupled KdV equations derived from two-layer fluids: Prolongation structures and Miura transformations Original Research Article

The Lax integrability of the coupled KdV equations derived from two-layer fluids [S.Y. Lou, B. Tong, H.C. Hu, X.Y. Tang, Coupled KdV equations derived from two-layer fluids, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 39 (2006) 513–527] is investigated by means of prolongation technique. As a result, the Lax pairs of some Painlevé integrable coupled KdV equations and several new coupled KdV equations are obtained. Finally, the Miura transformations and some coupled modified KdV equations associated with the Lax integrable coupled KdV equations are derived by an easy way.