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A $\dbar$-steepest descent method for oscillatory Riemann-Hilbert problems

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2021-06-14 v2 Mathematical Physics Dynamical Systems math.MP

Abstract

We study the asymptotic behavior of Riemann-Hilbert problems (RHP) arising in the AKNS hierarchy of integrable equations. Our analysis is based on the \dbar\dbar-steepest descent method. We consider RHPs arising from the inverse scattering transform of the AKNS hierarchy with H1,1(R)H^{1,1}(\R) initial data. The analysis will be divided into three regions: fast decay region, oscillating region and self-similarity region (the Painlev\'e region). The resulting formulas can be directly applied to study the long-time asymptotic of the solutions of integrable equations such as NLS, mKdV and their higher-order generalizations.

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@article{arxiv.2011.14205,
  title  = {A $\dbar$-steepest descent method for oscillatory Riemann-Hilbert problems},
  author = {Fudong Wang and Wen-Xiu Ma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2011.14205},
  year   = {2021}
}

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37 pages, 7 figures; updated version (v2);

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