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In this paper we study the asymptotics of solutions to the Korteweg--de Vries equation with steplike initial data, which lead to shock waves in the region between the asymptotically constant region and the soliton region, as $t \rightarrow…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-22 Mateusz Piorkowski

We consider the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation, and prove that small localized data yields solutions which have dispersive decay on a quartic time-scale. This result is optimal, in view of the emergence of solitons at quartic time, as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Mihaela Ifrim , Herbert Koch , Daniel Tataru

Following Deift-Zhou's nonlinear steepest descent method, the long-time asymptotic behavior for the Cauchy problem of the 5th order modified Korteweg-de Vries equation is analyzed. Based on the inverse scattering transform, the 5th order…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-08-01 Fudong Wang , Wen-Xiu Ma

Integrability equips models of theoretical physics with efficient methods for the exact construction of useful states and their evolution. Relevant tools for classical integrable field models in one spatial dimensional are spectral curves…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2024-09-10 Niklas Beisert , Kunal Gupta

The long-time asymptotic solution of the Korteweg-de Vries equation for general, step-like initial data is analyzed. Each sub-step in well-separated, multi-step data forms its own single dispersive shock wave (DSW); at intermediate times…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-12 Mark J. Ablowitz , Douglas E. Baldwin

We found, through analytical and numerical methods, new towers of infinite number of asymptotically conserved charges for deformations of the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV). It is shown analytically that the standard KdV also exhibits…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-02 H. Blas , R. Ochoa , D. Suarez

We study the Cauchy problem for the defocusing modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation with step-like initial data approaching nonzero constants $c_l$ and $c_r$ as $x \to -\infty$ and $x\to+\infty$, respectively. Assuming $c_l>c_r>0$,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-06 Taiyang Xu , Yidan Zhang

It is well known that the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation is a very important integrable equation. Ablowitz and Musslimani introduced and investigated an integrable nonlocal NLS equation through inverse scattering transform. Very…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2016-03-15 Jia-Liang Ji , Zuo-Nong Zhu

We have derived the extended Korteweg-de Vries equation describing the long gravity waves without limitation to surface deviation. The only restriction to the surface deviation is connected with the stability condition for appropriate…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-04-19 Vladimir I. Kruglov

The inverse scattering transform allows explicit construction of solutions to many physically significant nonlinear wave equations. Notably, this method can be extended to fractional nonlinear evolution equations characterized by anomalous…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2022-10-21 Mark J. Ablowitz , Joel B. Been , Lincoln D. Carr

We announce a detailed investigation of limits of N-soliton solutions of the Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation as $N$ tends to infinity. Our main results provide new classes of KdV-solutions including in particular new types of soliton-like…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Fritz Gesztesy , Witold Karwowski , Zhong Xin Zhao

The aim of this paper is to introduce the Inverse Scattering Method for later studies of some problems in nonlinear dynamics, and describe the kink solution of the Sine Gordon Equation using the Inverse Scattering Method as a methodological…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2018-03-23 Matej Hudak , Jana Tothova , Ondrej Hudak

We study the propagation of narrow solitons through various profiles of dispersive shock waves (DSW) for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation. We consider situations in which the soliton passes through the DSW region quickly enough…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-04-14 Shaykin Dmitriy

In this paper, nonlocal symmetries and exact solutions of variable coefficient Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation are studied for the first time. Using pseudo-potential, high order nonlocal symmetries of time-dependent coefficient KdV…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2018-06-20 Xiangpeng Xin , Hanze Liu , Linlin Zhang

In a recent paper, Kenig, Ponce and Vega study the low regularity behavior of the focusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS), focusing modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV), and complex Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equations. Using soliton and breather…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Michael Christ , James Colliander , Terence Tao

We investigate the long-time asymptotics for the solutions to the Cauchy problem of defocusing modified Kortweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation with finite density initial data. The present paper is the subsequent work of our previous paper…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-07-06 Taiyang Xu , Zechuan Zhang , Engui Fan

All solutions of the Korteweg -- de Vries equation that are bounded on the real line are physically relevant, depending on the application area of interest. Usually, both analytical and numerical approaches consider solution profiles that…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Thomas Trogdon , Bernard Deconinck

The lattice potential Korteweg-de Vries equation (LKdV) is a partial difference equation in two independent variables, which possesses many properties that are analogous to those of the celebrated Korteweg-de Vries equation. These include…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2011-11-22 Samuel Butler , Nalini Joshi

We prove a full asymptotic stability result for solitary wave solutions of the mKdV equation. We consider small perturbations of solitary waves with polynomial decay at infinity and prove that solutions of the Cauchy problem evolving from…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-04-01 Pierre Germain , Fabio Pusateri , Frédéric Rousset

The long time behavior of solutions to the defocusing modified Korteweg-de vries (MKdV) equation is established for initial conditions in some weighted Sobolev spaces. Our approach is based on the nonlinear steepest descent method of Deift…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-04-06 Gong Chen , Jiaqi Liu