 Trace invariants of a Lax equation

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Trace invariants of a Lax equation by

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03

If

\dot{L} = [L, A],

then every positive power has constant trace:

\frac{d}{d t} tr (L^{n}) = n tr (L^{n - 1} [A, L]) = 0.

The final equality is the cyclic property of the matrix trace.

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