  The class of nonlinear evolution equations - gauge equivalent to the N-wave
equations related to the simple Lie algebra g are derived and analyzed. They
are written in terms of the functions S(x,t) satisfying r= rank g nonlinear
constraints. The corresponding Lax pairs and the time evolution of the
scattering data are found. The Zakharov-Shabat dressing method is appropriately
modified to construct their soliton solutions.
