The Bethe ansatz and the Tzitzéica-Bullough-Dodd equation.

The theory of classically integrable nonlinear wave equations and the Bethe ansatz systems describing massive quantum field theories defined on an infinite cylinder are related by an important mathematical correspondence that still lacks a satisfactory physical interpretation. In this paper, we shall extend this link to the case of the classical and quantum versions of the Tzitzéica-Bullough-Dodd model.