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Asymptotic Stability for KdV Solitons in Weighted Spaces via Iteration

Analysis of PDEs 2014-10-28 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we reconsider the well-known result of Pego-Weinstein \cite{MR1289328} that soliton solutions to the Korteweg-deVries equation are asymptotically stable in exponentially weighted spaces. In this work, we recreate this result in the setting of modern well-posedness function spaces. We obtain asymptotic stability in the exponentially weighted space via an iteration argument. Our purpose here is to lay the groundwork to use the II-method to obtain asymptotic stability below H1H^1, which will be done in a second, forthcoming paper \cite{PR}. This will be possible because the exponential approach rate obtained here will defeat the polynomial loss in traditional applications of the II-method \cite{MR1995945}, \cite{MR1951312}, \cite{pigottorb}.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6872,
  title  = {Asymptotic Stability for KdV Solitons in Weighted Spaces via Iteration},
  author = {Brian Pigott and Sarah Raynor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6872},
  year   = {2014}
}