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This work investigates the semilinear wave equation featuring the displacement dependent term $\sigma(u)\partial_t u $ and nonlinearity $f(u)$. By developing refined space-time a priori estimates under extended ranges of the nonlinearity…
We consider a derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with a general nonlinearity. This equation has a two parameter family of solitary wave solutions. We prove orbital stability/instability results that depend on the strength of the…
We present a method to prove nonlinear instability of solitary waves in dispersive models. Two examples are analyzed: we prove the nonlinear long time instability of the KdV solitary wave (with respect to periodic transverse perturbations)…
We study the Cauchy problem for general, nonlinear, strictly hyperbolic systems of partial differential equations in one space variable. First, we re-visit the construction of the solution to the Riemann problem and introduce the notion of…
We consider the 1-dimensional cubic Szeg\H{o} equation with data distributed according to the Gaussian measure with inverse covariance operator $(1-\partial_x^2)^\frac s2$, where $s>\frac12$. We show that, for $s>1$, this measure is…
In this paper we consider a semi-linear, energy sub-critical, defocusing wave equation $\partial_t^2 u - \Delta u = - |u|^{p -1} u$ in the 3-dimensional space with $p \in [3,5)$. We prove that if initial data $(u_0, u_1)$ are radial so that…
We consider the case of a cubic nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation with an additional chaotic potential, in the sense that such a potential produces chaotic dynamics in classical mechanics. We derive and describe an appropriate…
This paper is dedicated to studying the matrix solutions to the cubic Szeg\H{o} equation, introduced in G\'erard--Grellier (2009) arXiv:0906.4540, leading to the cubic matrix Szeg\H{o} equation on the torus, \begin{equation*} i \partial_t U…
We prove the existence of small amplitude, time-quasi-periodic solutions (invariant tori) for the incompressible Navier-Stokes equation on the $d$-dimensional torus $\T^d$, with a small, quasi-periodic in time external force. We also show…
Let $M$ be a compact Riemannian homogeneous space (e.g. a Euclidean sphere). We prove existence of a global weak solution of the stochastic wave equation \mathbf D_t\partial_tu=\sum_{k=1}^d\mathbf…
We consider the one-dimensional dynamics of nonlinear non-dispersive waves. The problem can be mapped onto a linear one by means of the hodograph transform. We propose an approximate scheme for solving the corresponding Euler-Poisson…
In this paper we establish that the time-harmonic elasticity problem in a half-strip with non-homogeneous Dirichlet conditions on its boundary section and traction-free conditions on its upper and lower boundaries, has a unique weak…
A new exactly solvable (1+1)-dimensional complex nonlinear wave equation exhibiting rich ana- lytic properties has been introduced. A rogue wave (RW), localized in space-time like Peregrine RW solution, though richer due to the presence of…
Error estimates are proved for finite element approximations to the solution of second-order hyperbolic partial differential equations with coefficients varying in both space and time. Optimal rates of convergence in the energy norm are…
We propose a fully discretised numerical scheme for the hyperelastic rod wave equation on the line. The convergence of the method is established. Moreover, the scheme can handle the blow-up of the derivative which naturally occurs for this…
For nonlinear wave equations with a potential term we prove pointwise space-time decay estimates and develop a perturbation theory for small initial data. We show that the perturbation series has a positive convergence radius by a method…
We construct solitary waves for the fractional Korteweg-De Vries type equation $u_t + (\Lambda^{-s}u + u^2)_x = 0$, where $\Lambda^{-s}$ denotes the Bessel potential operator $(1 + |D|^2)^{-\frac{s}{2}}$ for $s \in (0,\infty)$. The approach…
Since the kinetic and the potential energy term of the real time nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation can each be solved exactly, the entire equation can be solved to any order via splitting algorithms. We verified the fourth-order convergence…
We consider a nonlinear damped hyperbolic equation in $\real^n$, $1 \le n \le 4$, depending on a positive parameter $\epsilon$. If we set $\epsilon=0$, this equation reduces to the well-known Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piskunov equation. We…
A characteristic of the defocusing cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLSE), when defined so that the space variable is the multi-dimensional square (hence rational) torus, is that there exist solutions that start with arbitrarily…