Twistor Theory of the Airy Equation

• Published in: Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
• Date: 2014
• ISSN: 1815-0659
• Main Authors: Cole, M., Dunajski, M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Інститут математики НАН України 2014
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/146810
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Twistor Theory of the Airy Equation / M. Cole, M. Dunajski // Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications. — 2014. — Т. 10. — Бібліогр.: 14 назв. — англ.

We demonstrate how the complex integral formula for the Airy functions arises from Penrose's twistor contour integral formula. We then use the Lax formulation of the isomonodromy problem with one irregular singularity of order four to show that the Airy equation arises from the anti-self-dualit...