The Lagrangian representation of multi-Hamiltonian PDEs has been introduced by Y. Nutku and one of us (MVP). In this paper we focus on systems which are (at least) bi-Hamiltonian by a pair \(A_{1}\), \(A_{2}\), where \(A_{1}\) is a hydrodynamic-type Hamiltonian operator. We prove that finding the Lagrangian representation is equivalent to finding a generalized vector field \(\tau\) such that \(A_{2}=L_{\tau}A_{1}\). We use this result in order to find the Lagrangian representation when \(A_{2}\) is a homogeneous third-order Hamiltonian operator, although the method that we use can be applied to any other homogeneous Hamiltonian operator. As an example we provide the Lagrangian representation of a WDVV hydrodynamic-type system in \(3\) components.
MSC: 37K05, 37K10, 37K20, 37K25.
Keywords: Lagrangian representation, bi-Hamiltonian structure, hydrodynamic type system, WDVV equations.