A generalized integrable lattice hierarchy related to the Ablowitz–Ladik lattice: Conservation law, Darboux transformation and exact solution

Abstract

Under investigation in this paper is a more general discrete [Formula: see text] matrix spectral problem. Starting from this spectral problem, the positive and negative integrable lattice hierarchies are constructed based on the Tu scheme, then by considering linear combination of the positive and negative lattice hierarchies, we give a more general integrable lattice hierarchy, which can reduce to the well-known Ablowitz–Ladik lattice and the discrete modified Korteweg–de Vries (mKdV) equation. In particular, we obtain some local and nonlocal integrable lattice equations, including reverse-space discrete mKdV equation, reverse-space complex discrete mKdV equation, higher-order discrete mKdV equation, higher-order complex discrete mKdV equation, higher-order reverse-space discrete mKdV equation and higher-order reverse-space complex discrete mKdV equation. In additional, infinitely many conservation laws and Darboux transformation (DT) for the first non-trivial system in the hierarchy are established with the help of its Lax pair. The exact solutions of the system are generated by applying the obtained DT. The results in this paper might be helpful for understanding some physical phenomena.