SIGMA 3 (2007), 034, 6 pages      nlin.SI/0702055      doi:10.3842/SIGMA.2007.034
Contribution to the Proceedings of the Coimbra Workshop on Geometric Aspects of Integrable Systems

By Magri's Theorem, Self-Dual Gravity is Completely Integrable

Yavuz Nutku
Feza Gürsey Institute, P.O.Box 6, Çengelköy, Istanbul, 81220 Turkey

Received September 08, 2006, in final form February 08, 2007; Published online February 27, 2007

Abstract
By Magri's theorem the bi-Hamiltonian structure of Plebanski's second heavenly equation proves that (anti)-self-dual gravity is a completely integrable system in four dimensions.

Key words: self-dual gravity; Plebanski equation; Magri's theorem.

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