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= Solution

The <Isospectral Lax equation>[Lax equation] $L_t=[A,L]$ with
$$
L=-\partial_x^2+u,\qquad
A=4\partial_x^3-3u\partial_x-3\partial_xu
$$
reduces, after expanding the commutator, to the KdV equation
$$
u_t+u_{xxx}-6uu_x=0.
$$
\b[Thus the evolution is isospectral: the eigenvalues of $L$ are constant. The fourth derivative shown in the converted question is a transcription error.]

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