Properties of the generalized Lax pair
The generalized Lax operator has the following properties:
  • The gauge covariance. For , consider the transformation acting on the currents (33) and ghosts , as follows:

    Then transforms in a covariant way:

  • Zero curvature:

    (40)

  • Covariance under the BRST transformations. When we act on the currents (33) and ghosts , by the BRST transformation:

    then transforms in a covariant way:

    (41)