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Rigorous justification of the short-pulse equation

Mathematical Physics 2013-04-08 v2 Analysis of PDEs math.MP Pattern Formation and Solitons

Abstract

We prove that the short-pulse equation, which is derived from Maxwell equations with formal asymptotic methods, can be rigorously justified. The justification procedure applies to small-norm solutions of the short-pulse equation. Although the small-norm solutions exist for infinite times and include modulated pulses and their elastic interactions, the error bound for arbitrary initial data can only be controlled over finite time intervals.

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@article{arxiv.1108.5970,
  title  = {Rigorous justification of the short-pulse equation},
  author = {Dmitry Pelinovsky and Guido Schneider},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1108.5970},
  year   = {2013}
}

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15 pages, no figures