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We make use of the nonlinear Riemann Hilbert problem of the dispersionless Kadomtsev Petviashvili equation, i) to construct the longtime behaviour of the solutions of its Cauchy problem; ii) to characterize a class of implicit solutions;…
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We generalize the results of Villarroel, Fokas and Ioannidou, Dai, Terng and Uhlenbeck to study the inverse scattering problem of the Ward equation with non-small data and solve the Cauchy problem of the Ward equation with a non-small…
We investigate the Cauchy problem on the cylinder, namely the semi-periodic problem where there is periodicity in the $x$-direction and decay in the $y$-direction, for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili II equation by the inverse spectral transform…
A classical problem in general relativity is the Cauchy problem for the linearised Einstein equation (the initial value problem for gravitational waves) on a globally hyperbolic vacuum spacetime. A well-known result is that it is uniquely…
Inverse scattering and spectral one-dimensional problems are discussed systematically in a self-contained way. Many novel results, due to the author are presented. The classical results are often presented in a new way. Several highlights…
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The Cauchy problem for the inelastic Boltzmann equation is studied for small data. Existence and uniqueness of mild and weak solutions is obtained for sufficiently small data that lies in the space of functions bounded by Maxwellians. The…
We develop a Riemann-Hilbert approach to the inverse scattering transform method for the short pulse (SP) equation $u_{xt}=u+\frac{1}{6}(u^3)_{xx}$ with zero boundary conditions (as $|x|\to\infty$). This approach is directly applied to the…
We consider the linear integro-differential operator $L$ defined by \[ Lu(x) =\int_\Rn (u(x+y) - u(x) - 1_{[1,2]}(\alpha) 1_{\{|y|\leq 2\}}(y)y \cdot \nabla u(x)) k(x,y) \sd y . \] Here the kernel $k(x,y)$ behaves like $|y|^{-d-\alpha}$,…
The equations governing anti-self-dual and Einstein-Weyl conformal geometries can be regarded as `master dispersionless systems' in four and three dimensions respectively. Their integrability by twistor methods has been established by…
Various aspects of the Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations are surveyed, with the emphasis on local solutions of the evolution equations. Particular attention is payed to giving a clear explanation of conceptual issues which arise in…
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