We generalize the concept of symplectic maps to that of k- symplectic maps: maps whose kth iterates are symplectic. Similarly, k-symmetries and k-integrals are symmetries (resp. integrals) of the kth iterate of the map. It is shown that k-symmetries and k-integrals are related by the...

We investigate the generalisations of the Quispel, Roberts and Thompson (QRT) family of mappings in the plane leaving a rational quadratic expression invariant to the case of four variables. We assume invariance of the rational expression under a cyclic permutation of variables and we impose a...

A systematic investigation on the complete integrability of the nonautonomous discrete–discrete modified Korteweg–de Vries (ΔΔmKdV) and sine Gordon (ΔΔsG) mappings is presented using Lax pair technique and singularity confinement criteria. We derive conditions on the coefficients of Lax...