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This work focuses on the Cauchy problem for the nonlocal modified Korteweg-de Vries equation $$ u_t(x,t)+6u(x,t)u(-x,-t)u_x(x,t)+u_{xxx}(x,t)=0, $$ with the oscillating step-like boundary conditions: $u(x,t)\to 0$ as $x\to-\infty$ and…
In this paper we present a hybrid approach to numerically solve two-dimensional electromagnetic inverse scattering problems, whereby the unknown scatterer is hosted by a possibly inhomogeneous background. The approach is `hybrid' in that it…
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…
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…
We address the problem of long-time asymptotics for the solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation under low regularity assumptions. We consider rapidly decreasing initial data admitting only a finite number of moments. For the so-called…
The Novikov-Veselov (NV) equation is a (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear evolution equation that generalizes the (1+1)-dimensional Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation. Solution of the NV equation using the inverse scattering method has been discussed…
We consider the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg--de Vries equation with real initial data $q$ that is both $L^1$ and $L^2$ summable and supported on (0,\infty). Using the left reflection coefficient and Hankel operators on the Hardy space…
We consider the long-time behavior of solutions to the fifth-order modified KdV-type equation. Using the method of testing by wave packets, we prove the small-data global existence and modified scattering. We derive the leading asymptotic…
In the small dispersion limit, solutions to the Korteweg-de Vries equation develop an interval of fast oscillations after a certain time. We obtain a universal asymptotic expansion for the Korteweg-de Vries solution near the leading edge of…
In 2013 a new nonlocal symmetry reduction of the well-known AKNS scattering problem was found; it was shown to give rise to a new nonlocal $PT$ symmetric and integrable Hamiltonian nonlinear Schr\"{o}dinger (NLS) equation. Subsequently, the…
We obtain Plancherel-Rotach type asymptotics valid in all regions of the complex plane for orthogonal polynomials with varying weights of the form $e^{-NV(x)}$ on the real line, assuming that $V$ has only two Lipschitz continuous…
In this paper, we take the first step towards an extension of the nonlinear steepest descent method of Deift, Its and Zhou to the case of operator Riemann-Hilbert problems. In particular, we provide long range asymptotics for a Fredholm…
A solution of the scattering problem is obtained for the Schr\"odinger equation with the potential of induced dipole interaction, which decreases as the inverse square of the distance. Such a potential arises in the collision of an incident…
This paper is concerned with the inverse scattering problem which aims to determine the spatially distributed dielectric constant coefficient of the 2D Helmholtz equation from multifrequency backscatter data associated with a single…
We consider the third-order linear differential equation $$\displaystyle\frac{d^3\psi}{dx^3}+Q(x)\,\displaystyle\frac{d\psi}{dx}+P(x)\,\psi=k^3\,\psi,\qquad x\in\mathbb R,$$ where the complex-valued potentials $Q$ and $P$ are assumed to…
We systematically investigate the long-time asymptotics for the $N_{\infty}$-soliton solution to the KdV equation in the different regions with the aid of the Riemann-Hilbert (RH) problems with two types of generalized reflection…
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…
The methodology of the Riemann-Hilbert (RH) factorisation approach for Lax-pair isospectral deformations is used to derive, in the solitonless sector, the leading-order asymptotics as $t \to \pm \infty$ $(x/t \sim \mathcal{O}(1))$ of…
We consider the Gerdjikov--Ivanov type derivative nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation \berr \ii q_{t}+q_{xx}-\ii q^2\bar{q}_{x}+\frac{1}{2}(|q|^4-q_0^4)q=0 \eerr on the line. The initial value $q(x,0)$ is given and satisfies the symmetric,…
We present a method to compute the inverse scattering transform (IST) for the famed Toda lattice by solving the associated Riemann--Hilbert (RH) problem numerically. Deformations for the RH problem are incorporated so that the IST can be…