Consistency on cubic lattices for determinants of arbitrary orders

Abstract: We consider a special class of two-dimensional discrete equations defined by relations on elementary NxN squares, N>2, of the square lattice Z^2, and propose a new type of consistency conditions on cubic lattices for such discrete equations that is connected to bending elementary NxN squares, N>2, in the cubic lattice Z^3. For an arbitrary N we prove such consistency on cubic lattices for two-dimensional discrete equations defined by the condition that the determinants of values of the field at the points of the square lattice Z^2 that are contained in elementary NxN squares vanish.