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Connection problem of the first Painlev\'{e} transcendent between poles and negative infinity

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2023-01-20 v2 Complex Variables

Abstract

We consider a connection problem of the first Painlev\'{e} equation (PI\mathrm{P_I}), trying to connect the local behavior (Laurent series) near poles and the asymptotic behavior as the variable tt tends to negative infinity for real PI\mathrm{P_I} functions. We get a classification of the real PI\mathrm{P_I} functions in terms of (p,H)(p,H) so that they behave differently at the negative infinity, where pp is the location of a pole and HH is the free parameter in the Laurent series. Some limiting-form connection formulas of PI\mathrm{P_I} functions are obtained for large HH. Specifically, for the real tritronqu\'{e}e solution, the large-nn asymptotic formulas of pnp_n and HnH_n are obtained, where pnp_n is the nn-th pole on the real line in the ascending order and HnH_n is the associated free parameter. Our approach is based on the complex WKB method (also known as the method of uniform asymptotics) introduced by Bassom, Clarkson, Law and McLeod in their study on the connection problem of the second Painlev\'{e} transcendent [Arch. Rational Mech. Anal., 1998, pp. 241-271]. Several numerical simulations are carried out to verify our main results. Meanwhile, we obtain the phase diagram of \PI~solutions in the (p,H)(p,H) plane, which somewhat resembles the Brillouin zones in solid-state physics. The asymptotic and numerical results obtained in this paper partially answer Clarkson's open question on the connection problem of the first Painlev\'{e} transcendent.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2112.09528,
  title  = {Connection problem of the first Painlev\'{e} transcendent between poles and negative infinity},
  author = {Wen-Gao Long and Yu-Tian Li and Qing-hai Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2112.09528},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

31 pages, 8 figures

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