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Darboux dressing and undressing for the ultradiscrete KdV equation

Mathematical Physics 2020-01-08 v2 math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We solve the direct scattering problem for the ultradiscrete Korteweg de Vries (udKdV) equation, over R\mathbb R for any potential with compact (finite) support, by explicitly constructing bound state and non-bound state eigenfunctions. We then show how to reconstruct the potential in the scattering problem at any time, using an ultradiscrete analogue of a Darboux transformation. This is achieved by obtaining data uniquely characterising the soliton content and the `background' from the initial potential by Darboux transformation.

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@article{arxiv.1903.07315,
  title  = {Darboux dressing and undressing for the ultradiscrete KdV equation},
  author = {Jonathan J. C. Nimmo and Claire R. Gilson and R. Willox},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.07315},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

41 pages, 5 figures // Full, unabridged version, including two appendices