Painlev\'e Universality classes for the maximal amplitude solution of the Focusing Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation with randomness
Abstract
We establish universality for extremal solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation. Extremal solutions are -soliton solutions that achieve the theoretical maximal amplitude and diverge as . We consider extremal solutions with the discrete eigenvalues randomly drawn from sub-exponential distributions, and identify two distinct universality classes, determined by the macroscopic structure of the spectrum: the Painlev\'e--III rogue-wave solution, where the eigenvalues take the form , and the Painlev\'e--V rogue wave solution, where , with . (In both cases, and are subexponential random variables.) Universality can then be summarized as follows: independently of the specific distribution of the eigenvalues, the rescaled solutions converge locally to a deterministic profile governed by the Painlev\'e-III equation in the first regime, and the Painlev\'e-V equation in the second. These results demonstrate that the formation of Painlev\'e-type rogue waves is a universal phenomenon robust to randomness.
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@article{arxiv.2602.05101,
title = {Painlev\'e Universality classes for the maximal amplitude solution of the Focusing Nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger Equation with randomness},
author = {Aikaterini Gkogkou and Guido Mazzuca and Kenneth D. T-R McLaughlin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.05101},
year = {2026}
}
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34 pages - 3 figures