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In the context of the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries equation we extend the inverse scattering transform to initial data that behave at plus infinity like a sum of Wigner-von Neumann type potentials with small coupling constants.…
We discuss a new numerical schema for solving the initial value problem for the Korteweg-de Vries equation for large times. Our approach is based upon the Inverse Scattering Transform that reduces the problem to calculating the reflection…
A method for practical realization of the inverse scattering transform method for the Korteweg-de Vries equation is proposed. It is based on analytical representations for Jost solutions and for integral kernels of transformation operators…
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…
We consider a slowly decaying oscillatory potential such that the corresponding 1D Schr\"odinger operator has a positive eigenvalue embedded into the absolutely continuous spectrum. This potential does not fall into a known class of initial…
In this paper, we address the existence of global solutions to the Cauchy problem for the integrable nonlocal modified Korteweg-de vries (nonlocal mKdV) equation with the initial data $u_0 \in H^{3}(\mathbb{R}) \cap H^{1,1}(\mathbb{R}) $…
We present a method to compute dispersive shock wave solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation that emerge from initial data with step-like boundary conditions at infinity. We derive two different Riemann-Hilbert problems associated with…
We give a complete characterisation of the reflectionless Schr\"odinger operators on the line with integrable potentials, solve the inverse scattering problem of reconstructing such potentials from the eigenvalues and norming constants, and…
We are concerned with the Cauchy problem for the KdV equation for nonsmooth locally integrable initial profiles q's which are, in a certain sense, essentially bounded from below and q(x)=O(e^{-cx^{{\epsilon}}}),x\rightarrow+\infty, with…
The theory of inverse scattering is developed to study the initial-value problem for the modified matrix Korteweg-de Vries (mmKdV) equation with the $2m\times2m$ $(m\geq 1)$ Lax pairs under the nonzero boundary conditions at infinity. In…
We show that the Cauchy problem for the KdV equation can be solved by the inverse scattering transform (IST) for any initial data bounded from below, decaying sufficiently rapidly at plus infinity, but unrestricted otherwise. Thus our…
We study the direct and inverse scattering problem for the one-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation with steplike potentials. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for the scattering data to correspond to a potential with prescribed…
The acoustic scattering operator on the real line is mapped to a Schr\"odinger operator under the Liouville transformation. The potentials in the image are characterized precisely in terms of their scattering data, and the inverse…
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 $c_l>c_r>0$,…
We consider the defocusing supercritical generalized Korteweg-de Vries (gKdV) equation $\partial_t u+\partial_x^3u-\partial_x(u^{k+1})=0$, where $k>4$ is an even integer number. We show that if the initial data $u_0$ belongs to $H^1$ then…
The inverse scattering problem for Sturm-Liouville operators on the line with a matrix transfer condition at the origin is considered. We show that the transfer matrix can be reconstructed from the eigenvalues and reflection coefficient. In…
In this paper we describe characteristic properties of the scattering data of the compatible eigenvalue problem for the pair of differential equations related to the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation whose solution is defined in…
Consider a one-dimensional Schroedinger operator which is a short range perturbation of a finite-gap operator. We give necessary and sufficient conditions on the left, right reflection coefficient such that the difference of the potentials…
We present a method to solve numerically the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) equation with a box-type initial condition (IC) having a nontrivial background of amplitude $q_o>0$ as $x\to \pm \infty$ by…
We establish the inverse spectral transform for the conservative Camassa-Holm flow with decaying initial data. In particular, it is employed to prove existence of weak solutions for the corresponding Cauchy problem.