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We present a detailed analysis of the modulational instability of the zone-boundary mode for one and higher-dimensional Fermi--Pasta--Ulam (FPU) lattices. The growth of the instability is followed by a process of relaxation to…

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Our aim in the present work is to develop approximations for the collisional dynamics of traveling waves in the context of granular chains in the presence of precompression. To that effect, we aim to quantify approximations of the relevant…

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In this paper we consider the Toda lattice $(\boldsymbol{p}(t); \boldsymbol{q}(t))$ at thermal equilibrium, meaning that its variables $(p_i)$ and $(e^{q_i-q_{i+1}})$ are independent Gaussian and Gamma random variables, respectively. We…

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This paper is the continuation of the work "On an inverse problem for finite-difference operators of second order". We consider the Cauchy problem for the Toda lattice in the case when the corresponding L-operator is a Jacobi matrix with…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mikhail Kudryavtsev

We study the thermalization dynamics of one-dimensional diatomic lattices (which represents the simplest system possessing multi-branch phonons), exemplified by the famous Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT)-$\beta$ and the Toda models. Here we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-05-19 Sihan Feng , Weicheng Fu , Yong Zhang , Hong Zhao

In this paper, we study the smooth transition from solitons to solitary waves in localization, relation between energy and velocity, propagation and scattering property in the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam lattice analytically and numerically. A soliton…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-10-03 Zhenying Wen , Jun Tao , Nian Wei

In this paper we consider the Toda lattice $(\mathbf{p}(t);\mathbf{q}(t))$ at thermal equilibrium, meaning that its variables $(p_j)$ and $(e^{q_j-q_{j+1}})$ are independent Gaussian and Gamma random variables, respectively. We show under…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Amol Aggarwal , Matthew Nicoletti

We study the dynamics of the $(\alpha+\beta)$ Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou lattice (FPUT lattice, for short) for an arbitrary number $N$ of interacting particles, in regimes of small enough nonlinearity so that a Birkhoff-Gustavson type of…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2025-03-03 Tiziana Comito , Matteo Lotriglia , Miguel D. Bustamante

In this topical review we explore the dynamics of nonlinear lattices with a particular focus to Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou type models that arise in the study of elastic media and, more specifically, granular crystals. We first revisit the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2024-08-29 Christopher Chong , P. G. Kevrekidis

We investigate the fundamental problem of the nonlinear wavefield scattering data corrections in response to a perturbation of initial condition using inverse scattering transform theory. We present a complete theoretical linear…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-06-16 Rustam Mullyadzhanov , Andrey Gelash

We study the propagation of solitary waves in a Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou (FPUT) lattice with small random heterogeneity in the linear spring force. Perturbed by the random environment, solitary waves lose energy through a radiative tail,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Hermen Jan Hupkes , Joshua A. McGinnis , Rik W. S. Westdorp , J. Douglas Wright

We investigate the form of equilibrium spatio-temporal correlation functions of conserved quantities, and of energy transport in the Toda lattice and in other integrable models. From numerical simulations we find that the correlations…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-12-28 Aritra Kundu , Abhishek Dhar

In this work we revisit the existence, stability and dynamics of unstable traveling solitary waves in the context of lattice dynamical systems. We consider a nonlinear lattice of an $\alpha$-Fermi-Pasta-Ulam type with the additional feature…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2021-03-16 H. Duran , H. Xu , P. G. Kevrekidis , A. Vainchtein

This paper is concerned with an inverse obstacle problem which employs the dynamical scattering data of acoustic wave over a finite time interval. The unknown obstacle is assumed to be sound-soft one. The governing equation of the wave is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-03-20 Masaru Ikehata

We consider deformations of the $SU(3)$ Affine Toda theory (AT) and investigate the integrability properties of the deformed theories. We find that for some special deformations all conserved quantities change to being conserved only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-15 Luiz A. Ferreira , Pawel Klimas , Wojtek J. Zakrzewski

Motivated by an increasing number of remarkable experimental observations on the role of pressure and shear stress in solid reactions,explosions and detonations,we present a simple toy model that embodies nonlinear elasticity and dispersion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Hendrik J. Viljoen , Lee L. Lauderback , D. Sornette

We investigate the connection between local and global dynamics in the Fermi -- Pasta -- Ulam (FPU) $\beta$ -- model from the point of view of stability of its simplest periodic orbits (SPOs). In particular, we show that there is a…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-11 Chris Antonopoulos , Tassos Bountis

In this paper we consider the Toda lattice $(\boldsymbol{p}(t); \boldsymbol{q}(t))$ at thermal equilibrium, meaning that its variables $(p_i)$ and $(e^{q_i-q_{i+1}})$ are independent Gaussian and Gamma random variables, respectively. This…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Amol Aggarwal

We propose a new integrable generalization of the Toda lattice wherein the original Flaschka-Manakov variables are coupled to newly introduced dependent variables; the general case wherein the additional dependent variables are…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2018-09-18 Takayuki Tsuchida

In two recent articles a detailed study has been presented of the out of equilibrium dynamics of an infinite system of self-gravitating points initially located on a randomly perturbed lattice. In this article we extend the treatment of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Thierry Baertschiger , Michael Joyce , Francesco Sylos Labini , Bruno Marcos