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The question of whether features and behaviors that are characteristic to completely integrable systems persist in the transition to non-integrable settings is a central one in the field of nonlinear dispersive equations. In this work, we…

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We study the existence, stability, and dynamics of vortex dipole and quadrupole configurations in the nonlinear Schr\"odinger (NLS) equation on the surface of a torus. For this purpose we use, in addition to the full two-dimensional NLS on…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-07-13 J. D'Ambroise , R. Carretero-González , P. Schmelcher , P. G. Kevrekidis

In this paper we consider an abstract Cauchy problem for a Maxwell system modelling electromagnetic fields in the presence of an interface between optical media. The electric polarization is in general time-delayed and nonlinear, turning…

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In the present work, we revisit the highly active research area of inhomogeneously nonlinear defocusing media and consider the existence, spectral stability and nonlinear dynamics of bright solitary waves in them. We use the anti-continuum…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-09-02 P. G. Kevrekidis , R. L. Horne , N. Whitaker , Q. E. Hoq , D. Kip

Nonlinearity in the Schr\"odinger equation gives rise to rich phenomena such as soliton formation, modulational instability, and self-organization in diverse physical systems. Motivated by recent advances in engineering nonlinear gauge…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2025-09-24 Harvey Cao , Daniel Leykam

For the stationary nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation $-\Delta u+ V(x)u- f(u) = \lambda u$ with periodic potential $V$ we study the existence and stability properties of multibump solutions with prescribed $L^2$-norm. To this end we introduce…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-19 Nils Ackermann , Tobias Weth

We consider a prototypical dynamical lattice model, namely, the discrete nonlinear Schroedinger equation on nonsquare lattice geometries. We present a systematic classification of the solutions that arise in principal six-lattice-site and…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-13 K. J. H. Law , P. G. Kevrekidis , V. Koukouloyannis , I. Kourakis , D. J. Frantzeskakis , A. R. Bishop

We consider the following nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger equation of derivative type: \begin{equation} i \partial_t u + \partial_x^2 u +i |u|^{2} \partial_x u +b|u|^4u=0 , \quad (t,x) \in \mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}, \ b \in \mathbb{R}.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-27 Masayuki Hayashi

Discrete solitons in the Ablowitz-Ladik (AL) and discrete nonlinear Schr\"odinger (DNLS) equations with damping and strong rapid drive are investigated. The averaged equations have the forms of the parametric AL and DNLS equations. A new…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-06-26 Josselin Garnier , Fatkhulla Abdullaev , Mario Salerno

We study the bulk and surface nonlinear modes of the modified one-dimensional discrete nonlinear Schroedinger (mDNLS) equation. A linear and a modulational stability analysis of the lowest-order modes is carried out. While for the…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-08-22 Mario I. Molina

We investigate a class of nonlinear equations of Schr\"odinger type with competing inhomogeneous nonlinearities in the non-radial inter-critical regime, \begin{align*} i \partial_t u +\Delta u &=|x|^{-b_1} |u|^{p_1-2} u - |x|^{-b_2}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-15 Tianxiang Gou , Mohamed Majdoub , Tarek Saanouni

We analyze the linear stability of monoclinal traveling waves on a constant incline, which connect uniform flowing regions of differing depths. The classical shallow-water equations are employed, subject to a general resistive drag term.…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2022-05-18 Jake Langham , Andrew J. Hogg

For both the cubic Nonlinear Schr\"odinger Equation (NLS) as well as the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation in one space dimension we consider the set ${\bf M}_N$ of pure $N$-soliton states, and their associated multisoliton…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Herbert Koch , Daniel Tataru

We study the existence and stability of standing waves associated to the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) with a critical rotational speed and an axially symmetric harmonic potential. This equation arises as an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-11 Van Duong Dinh

We study coupled unstaggered-staggered soliton pairs emergent from a system of two coupled discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equations with the self-attractive on-site self-phase-modulation nonlinearity, coupled by the repulsive…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-07-11 Robert A. Van Gorder , Andrew L. Krause , Boris A. Malomed , D. J. Kaup

In this work, we study the existence of various classes of standing waves for a nonlinear Schr\"odinger system with quadratic interaction, along with a harmonic or partially harmonic potential. We establish the existence of ground-state…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Vicente Alvarez , Amin Esfahani

We demonstrate that periodic modulation of the nonlinearity coefficient in the discrete nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (DNLS) equation can strongly facilitate creation of traveling solitons in the lattice. We predict this possibility in an…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-25 Jesus Cuevas , Boris A. Malomed , Panayotis G. Kevrekidis

This work aims to study some dynamical aspects of the nonlinear logarithmic Schr\"odinger equation (NLS-log) on a tadpole graph, namely, a graph consisting of a circle with a half-line attached at a single vertex. By considering…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Jaime Angulo Pava , Andrés Gerardo Pérez Yépez

We study here the nonlinear Schrodinger Equation (NLS) as the first term in a sequence of approximations for an electromagnetic (EM) wave propagating according to the nonlinear Maxwell equations (NLM). The dielectric medium is assumed to be…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Anatoli Babin , Alexander Figotin

A subcritical pattern-forming system with nonlinear advection in a bounded domain is recast as a slow-fast system in space and studied using a combination of geometric singular perturbation theory and numerical continuation. Two types of…

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