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Long-time asymptotics for the $N_{\infty}$-soliton solution to the KdV equation with two types of generalized reflection coefficients

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems 2025-02-05 v1 Mathematical Physics Analysis of PDEs math.MP Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We systematically investigate the long-time asymptotics for the NN_{\infty}-soliton solution to the KdV equation in the different regions with the aid of the Riemann-Hilbert (RH) problems with two types of generalized reflection coefficients on the interval [η1,η2]R+\left[\eta_1, \eta_2\right]\in \mathbb{R}^+: r0(λ,η0;β0,β1,β2)=(λη1)β1(η2λ)β2λη0β0γ(λ)r_0(\lambda,\eta_0; \beta_0, \beta_1,\beta_2)=\left(\lambda-\eta_1\right)^{\beta_1}\left(\eta_2-\lambda\right)^{\beta_2}\left|\lambda-\eta_0\right|^{\beta_0}\gamma\left(\lambda\right), rc(λ,η0;β1,β2)=(λη1)β1(η2λ)β2χc(λ,η0)γ(λ)r_c(\lambda,\eta_0; \beta_1,\beta_2)=\left(\lambda-\eta_1\right)^{\beta_1}\left(\eta_2-\lambda\right)^{\beta_2}\chi_c\left(\lambda, \eta_0\right)\gamma \left(\lambda\right), where the singularity η0(η1,η2)\eta_0\in (\eta_1, \eta_2) and βj>1\beta_j>-1 (j=0,1,2j=0, 1, 2), γ:[η1,η2]R+\gamma: \left[\eta_1, \eta_2\right] \to\mathbb{R}^+ is continuous and positive on [η1,η2]\left[\eta_1, \eta_2\right], with an analytic extension to a neighborhood of this interval, and the step-like function χc\chi_c is defined as χc(λ,η0)=1\chi_c\left(\lambda,\eta_0\right)=1 for λ[η1,η0)\lambda\in\left[\eta_1, \eta_0\right) and χc(λ,η0)=c2\chi_c\left(\lambda,\eta_0\right)=c^2 for λ(η0,η2]\lambda\in\left(\eta_0, \eta_2\right] with c>0,c1c>0, \, c\ne1. A critical step in the analysis of RH problems via the Deift-Zhou steepest descent technique is how to construct local parametrices around the endpoints ηj\eta_j's and the singularity η0\eta_0. Specifically, the modified Bessel functions of indexes βj\beta_j's are utilized for the endpoints ηj\eta_j's, and the modified Bessel functions of index (β0±1)/2\left(\beta_0\pm 1\right)\left/\right.2 and confluent hypergeometric functions are employed around the singularity η0\eta_0 if the reflection coefficients are r0r_0 and rcr_c, respectively. This comprehensive study extends the understanding of generalized reflection coefficients and provides valuable insights into the asymptotics of soliton gases.

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@article{arxiv.2502.02273,
  title  = {Long-time asymptotics for the $N_{\infty}$-soliton solution to the KdV equation with two types of generalized reflection coefficients},
  author = {Guoqiang Zhang and Zhenya Yan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.02273},
  year   = {2025}
}

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36 pages, 7 figures