Frobenius Manifold for the Dispersionless Kadomtsev-Petviashvili Equation

We consider a Frobenius structure associated with the dispersionless Kadomtsev - Petviashvili equation. This is done, essentially, by applying a continuous analogue of the finite dimensional theory in the space of Schwartz functions on the line. The potential of the Frobenius manifold is found to be a logarithmic energy with quadratic external field. Following the construction of the principal hierarchy, we construct a set of infinitely many commuting flows, which extends the classical dKP hierarchy. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.