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Can one hear the full nonlinearity of a PDE from its small excitations?

Analysis of PDEs 2025-08-27 v2 Quantum Gases Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

In this article, we show how one can restore an unknown nonlinear partial differential equation of a sine-Gordon type from its linearization around an unknown stationary kink. The key idea is to regard the ground state of the linear problem as the translation-related Goldstone mode of the nonlinear PDE sought after.

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@article{arxiv.2407.05215,
  title  = {Can one hear the full nonlinearity of a PDE from its small excitations?},
  author = {Maxim Olshanii and Danshyl Boodhoo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.05215},
  year   = {2025}
}