Soliton solutions and Bäcklund transformation for the Kupershmidt five-field lattice: a bilinear approach

The Kupershmidt five-field lattice is considered in this paper. By a dependent variable transformation, the Kupershmidt lattice is transformed into a bilinear form by the introduction of three auxiliary variables. We present a Backlund transformation and a nonlinear superposition formula for the Kupershmidt lattice. As an application of the results, soliton solutions are derived.