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The Painlev\'{e}-type asymptotics of defocusing complex mKdV equation with finite density initial data

Mathematical Physics 2025-03-18 v3 math.MP

Abstract

We consider the Cauchy problem for the defocusing complex mKdV equation with finite density initial data \begin{align*} &q_t+\frac{1}{2}q_{xxx}-3|q|^2q_{x}=0,\\ &q(x,0)=q_{0}(x) \sim \pm 1, \ x\to \pm\infty, \end{align*} which can be formulated into a Riemann-Hilbert (RH) problem. With ˉ\bar\partial-generation of the nonlinear steepest descent approach and a double scaling limit technique, in the transition region D:={(x,t)R×R+C<(x/(2t)+3/2)t2/3<0,CR+},\mathcal{D}:=\left\{(x,t)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^+\big|-C< \left(x/(2t)+3/2\right) t^{2/3}<0, C\in\mathbb{R}^+\right\}, we find that the long-time asymptotics of the solution q(x,t)q(x,t) to the Cauchy problem is associated with the Painlev\'{e}-II transcendents.

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@article{arxiv.2308.02740,
  title  = {The Painlev\'{e}-type asymptotics of defocusing complex mKdV equation with finite density initial data},
  author = {Lili Wen and Engui Fan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.02740},
  year   = {2025}
}
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