Commutativity of source generation procedure and Bäcklund transformation: A BKP equation Original Research Article

The source generation procedure is applied to a BKP-type equation and a modified BKP-type (m-BKP) equation, respectively. As a result, a BKP equation with self-consistent sources (ESCS) and a m-BKP ESCS are derived. It is also proved that the bilinear m-BKP ESCS constitutes a bilinear Bäcklund transformation for the BKP ESCS. This means that the commutativity between the source generation procedure and Bäcklund transformation is valid for the BKP equation.