%0 Journal Article %T Non-local Hamiltonian structures and applications to the theory of integrable systems I %A Alberto De Sole %A Victor G. Kac %J Mathematics %D 2012 %I arXiv %X We develop a rigorous theory of non-local Hamiltonian structures, built on the notion of a non-local Poisson vertex algebra. As an application, we find conditions that guarantee applicability of the Lenard-Magri scheme of integrability to a pair of compatible non-local Hamiltonian structures. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1210.1688v1