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The local induction equation, or the binormal flow on space curves is a well-known model of deformation of space curves as it describes the dynamics of vortex filaments, and the complex curvature is governed by the nonlinear Schr\"odinger…
The connection between vortex filament evolution in the local induction approximation and non-linear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation by Hasimoto [H. Hasimoto, J. Fluid Mechanics 51, (1972) 477] has led to space curves corresponding to NLS…
We investigate the formation of singularities in a self-similar form of regular solutions of the Localized Induction Approximation (also referred as to the binormal flow). This equation appears as an approximation model for the self-induced…
Starting with the general description of a moving curve, we have recently presented a unified formalism to show that three distinct space curve evolutions can be identified with a given integrable equation. Applying this to the nonlinear…
The aim of this article is to establish a concise proof for a stability result of self-similar solutions of the binormal flow, in some more restrictive cases than in [5]. This equation, also known as the Local Induction Approximation, is a…
In this paper we study the stability of the self-similar solutions of the binormal flow, which is a model for the dynamics of vortex filaments in fluids and super-fluids. These particular solutions $\chi_a(t,x)$ form a family of evolving…
We study the discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (DNLS) in an annular geometry with on-site defects. The dynamics of a traveling plane-wave maps onto an effective ''non-rigid pendulum'' Hamiltonian. The different regimes include the…
Integrable and nonintegrable discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger equations (NLS) are significant models to describe many phenomena in physics. Recently, Ablowitz and Musslimani introduced a class of reverse space, reverse time and reverse…
We consider the binormal flow equation, which is a model for the dynamics of vortex filaments in Euler equations. Geometrically it is a flow of curves in three dimensions, explicitly connected to the 1-D Schr\"odinger map with values on the…
We apply our recent formalism establishing new connections between the geometry of moving space curves and soliton equations, to the nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation (NLS). We show that any given solution of the NLS gets associated with…
We investigate a system of geometric evolution equations describing a curvature and torsion driven motion of a family of 3D curves in the normal and binormal directions. We explore the direct Lagrangian approach for treating the geometric…
We demonstrate the systematic derivation of a class of discretizations of nonlinear Schr{\"o}dinger (NLS) equations for general polynomial nonlinearity whose stationary solutions can be found from a reduced two-point algebraic condition. We…
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In this article we investigate a system of geometric evolution equations describing a curvature driven motion of a family of 3D curves in the normal and binormal directions. Evolving curves may be subject of mutual interactions having both…
A nonlocal nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation was recently found by the authors and shown to be an integrable infinite dimensional Hamiltonian equation. Unlike the classical (local) case, here the nonlinearly induced "potential" is $PT$…
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