Aratyn, H.Nissimov, E.Pacheva, S.Zimerman, A. H.2014-05-202014-05-201995-07-10International Journal of Modern Physics A. Singapore: World Scientific Publ Co Pte Ltd, v. 10, n. 17, p. 2537-2577, 1995.0217-751Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/32386Toda lattice hierarchy and the associated matrix formulation of the 2M-boson KP hierarchies provide a framework for the Drinfeld-Sokolov reduction scheme realized through Hamiltonian action within the second KP Poisson bracket. By working with free currents, which Abelianize the second KP Hamiltonian structure, we are able to obtain a unified formalism for the reduced SL(M + 1, M - k) KdV hierarchies interpolating between the ordinary KP and KdV hierarchies. The corresponding Lax operators are given as superdeterminants of graded SL(M + 1, M - k) matrices in the diagonal gauge and we describe their bracket structure and field content. In particular, we provide explicit free field representations of the associated W(M, M - k) Poisson bracket algebras generalising the familiar nonlinear W-M+1 algebra. Discrete Backlund transformations for SL(M + 1, M - k) KdV are generated naturally from lattice translations in the underlying Toda-like hierarchy. As an application we demonstrate the equivalence of the two-matrix string model to the SL(M + 1, 1) KdV hierarchy.2537-2577engArtigo10.1142/S0217751X95001212WOS:A1995RH71400005Acesso restrito8215976645016606