RT Journal Article T1 AKNS hierarchy, self-similarity, string equations and the Grassmannian A1 Guil Guerrero, Francisco José A1 Mañas Baena, Manuel Enrique AB In this paper the Galilean, scaling and translational self-similarity conditions for the AKNS hierarchy are analysed geometrically in terms of the infinite-dimensional Grassmannian. The string equations of the one-matrix model correspond to the Galilean self-similarity condition for this hierarchy. We describe, in terms of the initial data for the zero-curvature 1 -form of the AKNS hierarchy, the moduli space of these self-similar solutions in the Sato Grassmannian. As a by-product we characterize the points in the Segal-Wilson Grassmannian corresponding to the Sachs rational solutions of the AKNS equation and to the Nakamura-Hirota rational solutions of the NLS equation. PB IOP Publishing LTD SN 0305-4470 YR 1994 FD 1994-03-21 LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59704 UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59704 LA eng NO ©IOP Publishing LTD.One of the authors (MM) is indebted to Dr.P.Guha for initial collaboration and to Prof.L.Bonora and Prof.G.Wilson for providing their papers. DS Docta Complutense RD 8 abr 2025