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The periodic KdV equation u_t=u_{xxx}+\beta uu_x arises from a Hamiltonian system with infinite-dimensional phase space L^2(T). Bourgain has shown that there exists a Gibbs measure \nu on balls \{\phi :\Vert\Phi\Vert^2_{L^2}\leq N\} in the…

We study the Korteweg-de Vries-type equation dt u=-dx(dx^2 u+f(u)-B(t,x)u), where B is a small and bounded, slowly varying function and f is a nonlinearity. Many variable coefficient KdV-type equations can be rescaled into this equation. We…

Let $G=(V, E)$ be a connected finite graph, $h$ be a positive function on $V$ and $\lambda _{1}(V)$ be the first non-zero eigenvalue of $-\Delta$. For any given finite measure $\mu$ on $V$, define functionals \begin{eqnarray*} J_{ \beta…

We study the large time asymptotics of a solution of the Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion equation, with an initial condition that is a compact perturbation of a step function. A well-known result of Bramson states that, in the reference frame…

We revisit the phenomenon of instability of solitons in the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation, $u_t + \partial_x(u_{xx} + u^p) = 0$. It is known that solitons are unstable for nonlinearities $p \geq 5$, with the critical power $p=5$…

It is shown how the phase-damping master equation, either in Markovian and nonMarkovian regimes, can be obtained as an averaged random unitary evolution. This, apart from offering a common mathematical setup for both regimes, enables us to…

We address the classical factorization problem of a one dimensional Schr\"odinger operator $-\partial^2+u-\lambda$, for a stationary potential $u$ of the KdV hierarchy but, in this occasion, a "parameter" $\lambda$. Inspired by the more…

The generalized Euler-Poisson-Darboux (EPD) equation with complex parameter $\alpha$ is given by $$ \Delta_x u=\frac{\partial^2 u}{\partial t^2}+\frac{n-1+2\alpha}{t}\,\frac{\partial u}{\partial t}, $$ where $u(x,t)\in \mathscr E(\mathbb…

We provide a general solution for a first order ordinary differential equation with a rational right-hand side, which arises in constructing asymptotics for large time of simultaneous solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation and the…

We study the periodic $q$-Whittaker and Hall-Littlewood processes, two probability measures on sequences of partitions. We prove that a certain observable of the periodic $q$-Whittaker process exhibits a $(q,u)$ symmetry after a random…

Here, we study quantitative homogenization of first-order convex Hamilton-Jacobi equations with $(u/\varepsilon)$-periodic Hamiltonians which typically appear in dislocation dynamics. Firstly, we establish the optimal convergence rate by…

The Kadomtsev--Petviashvili I (KPI) is considered as a useful laboratory for experimenting new theoretical tools able to handle the specific features of integrable models in $2+1$ dimensions. The linearized version of the KPI equation is…

We prove nonlinear modulational instability for both periodic and localized perturbations of periodic traveling waves for several dispersive PDEs, including the KDV type equations (e.g. the Whitham equation, the generalized KDV equation,…

The aim of this paper is to study, via theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, the dynamics of Whitham and related equations. In particular we establish rigorous bounds between solutions of the Whitham and KdV equations and provide…

Decay rates for the energy of solutions of the damped wave equation on the torus are studied. In particular, damping invariant in one direction and equal to a sum of squares of nonnegative functions with a particular number of derivatives…

The present paper first aims to study the BV-type regularity for viscosity solutions of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation \[ u_t(t,x)+H\big(D_{x} u(t,x)\big)~=~0\qquad\forall (t,x)\in ]0,\infty[\times\mathbb{R}^d \] with a coercive and uniformly…

In this paper, we improve and extend the results obtained by Boukarou et al. \cite{boukarou1} on the Gevrey regularity of solutions to a fifth-order Kadomtsev-Petviashvili-II equation. We establish Gevrey regularity in the time variable for…

Using Levi-Civita's theory of ideal fluids, we derive the complex Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation, describing the complex velocity of a shallow fluid up to first order. We use perturbation theory, and the long wave, slowly varying velocity…

In this paper we analyze the existence, uniqueness and regularity of the solution to the generalized, variable diffusivity, fractional Laplace equation on the unit disk in $\mathbb{R}^{2}$. For $\alpha$ the order of the differential…

A novel geometric method is applied to the problem of describing traveling wave solutions of the generalized Korteweg--de Vries (gKdV) equation in the form $$ u_t + u_{xxx} + a(u)u_x = 0, $$ where $a(u)$ is a smooth function characterizing…