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A variational characterization of 2-soliton profiles for the KdV equation

Analysis of PDEs 2025-04-15 v2

Abstract

We use profile decomposition to characterize 2-soliton solutions of the KdV equation as global minimizers to a constrained variational problem involving three of the polynomial conservation laws for the KdV equation.

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@article{arxiv.2101.10574,
  title  = {A variational characterization of 2-soliton profiles for the KdV equation},
  author = {John P. Albert and Nghiem V. Nguyen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10574},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

References added, exposition improved, revised argument in section 5, results unchanged