Explicit solution and Darboux transformation for a new discrete integrable soliton hierarchy with 4×4 Lax pairs

The Darboux transformation method with 4×4 spectral problem has more complexity than 2×2 and 3×3 spectral problems. In this paper, we start from a new discrete spectral problem with a 4×4 Lax pairs and construct a lattice hierarchy by properly choosing an auxiliary spectral problem, which can be reduced to a new discrete soliton hierarchy. For the obtained lattice integrable coupling equation, we establish a Darboux transformation and apply the gauge transformation to a specific equation and then the explicit solutions of the lattice integrable coupling equation are obtained. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.