RT Journal Article T1 Dispersionless scalar integrable hierarchies, Whitham hierarchy, and the quasiclassical δ̅ -dressing method A1 Konopelchenko, Boris A1 Martínez Alonso, Luis AB The quasiclassical limit of the scalar nonlocal δ̅ -problem is derived and a quasiclassical version of the δ̅-dressing method is presented. Dispersionless Kadomtsev– Petviashvili (KP), modified KP, and dispersionless two- dimensional Toda lattice (2DTL) hierarchies are discussed as illustrative examples. It is shown that the universal Whitham hierarchy is nothing but the ring of symmetries for the quasiclassical δ̅-problem. The reduction problem is discussed and, in particular, the d2DTL equation of B type is derived. PB American Institute of Physics SN 0022-2488 YR 2002 FD 2002-07 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59825 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59825 LA eng NO ©2002 American Institute of Physics.This work has been done in the framework of Grant No. INTAS-99-1782. B.K. was supported in part by the grant COFIN 2000 ‘‘Sintesi.’’ L.M.A. has supported in part by CICYT Proyecto No. PB98-0821. B.K. is grateful to the Departamento de Fisica Teorica II Universidad Complutense for kind hospitality during which this paper was basically written. NO COFIN NO CICYT DS Docta Complutense RD 30 jun 2025