Blowup of solutions of a Korteweg-de Vries-type equation

We investigate the nonlinear third-order differential equation (u_xx ? u)_t + u _xxx + uu_x = 0 describing the processes in semiconductors with a strong spatial dispersion. We study the problem of the existence of global solutions and obtain sufficient conditions for the absence of global solutions for some initial boundary value problems corresponding to this equation. We consider examples of solution blowup for initial boundary value and Cauchy problems. We use the Mitidieri-Pokhozhaev nonlinear capacity method.     

Traveling-wave solution to a nonlinear equation in semiconductors with strong spatial dispersion

The third-order nonlinear differential equation (u _xx ? u) _t + u _xxx + uu _x = 0 is analyzed and compared with the Korteweg-de Vries equation u _t + u _xxx ? 6uu _x = 0. Some integrals of motion for this equation are presented. The conditions are established under which a traveling wave is a solution to this equation.     

Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries equation in the case of a nonsmooth unbounded initial function

In the strip П = (?1, 0) × ?, we establish the existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries equation u _t + u _xxx + uu _x = 0 with initial condition either 1) u(?1, x) = ?xθ(x), or 2) u(?1, x) = ?xθ(?x), where θ is the Heaviside function. The solutions constructed in this paper are infinitely smooth for t ∈ (?1, 0) and rapidly decreasing as x → +∞. For the case of the first initial condition, we also establish uniqueness in a certain class. Similar special solutions of the KdV equation arise in the study of the asymptotic behavior with respect to small dispersion of the solutions of certain model problems in a neighborhood of lines of weak discontinuity.     

Scattering length and perturbations of −Δ by positive potentials

This paper extends a result of Fujita [On the blowing up of solutions to the Cauchy problem for u_t = Δu + u^{1 + a}, J. Faculty Science, U. of Tokyo 13 (1966), 109–124] to show that solutions u = u(t, x) for t > 0 and x?R² to the equation u_t = Δu + u² with u(0, x) = a(x) must grow at a rate faster than exp(∥x∥²) at some finite time t, as long as a(x) is nonnegative and not almost everywhere zero.     

Methods of geometry of differential equations in analysis of integrable models of field theory

In this paper, we investigate algebraic and geometric properties of hyperbolic Toda equations u _xy = exp(Ku) associated with nondegenerate symmetrizable matrices K. A hierarchy of analogues of the potential modified Korteweg-de Vries equation u _t = u _xxx + u ₃ ^x is constructed and its relationship with the hierarchy for the Korteweg-de Vries equation T _t = T _xxx + TT _x is established. Group-theoretic structures for the dispersionless (2 + 1)-dimensional Toda equation u _xy = exp(?u _zz ) are obtained. Geometric properties of the multi-component nonlinear Schrödinger equation type systems Ψ_t = iΨ_xx + i f(|Ψ|) Ψ (multi-soliton complexes) are described.     

Asymptotics of the Gurevich-Pitaevskii universal special solution of the Korteweg-de Vries equation as |<Emphasis Type="Italic">x</Emphasis>| → ∞

A complete asymptotic expansion as x → ±∞ of the Gurevich-Pitaevskii universal special solution of the Korteweg-de Vries equation u _t + u _xxx + u _ux = 0 is constructed and justified. The expansion is infinitely differentiable with respect to the variables t and x and, together with the asymptotic expansions of all its derivatives with respect to independent variables, is uniform on any compact interval of variation of the time t.     

The zero dispersion limit of the korteweg-de vries equation for initial potentials with non-trivial reflection coefficient

The inverse scattering method is used to determine the distribution limit as ? → 0 of the solution u(x, t, ?) of the initial value problem. U_t ? 6uu_x + ?²u_xxx = 0, u(x, 0) = v(x), where v(x) is a positive bump which decays sufficiently fast as x x→±α. The case v(x) ? 0 has been solved by Peter D. Lax and C. David Levermore [8], [9], [10]. The computation of the distribution limit of u(x, t, ?) as ? → 0 is reduced to a quadratic maximization problem, which is then solved.     

An initial- and boundary-value problem for a model equation for propagation of long waves

An initial- and boundary-value problem for a model equation for small-amplitude long waves is shown to be well-posed. The model has the form u_t + u_x + uu_x ? vu_xx ? α²u_xxt = 0, where x? [0, 1] and t ? 0. The solution u = u(x, t) is specified at t = 0 and on the two boundaries x = 0 and x = 1. Unique classical solutions are shown to exist, which depend continuously on variations of the specified data within appropriate function classes.     

Peakon, loop and solitary travelling wave solutions for the general modified CH-DP equation

Travelling wave solutions for the general modified CH-DP equation u_t − u_xxt + αu²u_x − βu_xu_xx = uu_xxx are developed. By using the dynamical system method, a peakon and a dark soliton are found to coexist for the same wave speed. Exact explicit blow-up solutions are given. By using numerical simulation, a loop solution for a special case is discussed.     

Exponentially small asymptotics of solutions to the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation

The matrix Riemann-Hilbert factorization approach is used to derive the leading-order, exponentially small asymptotics as t → ± ∞ such that x/t ∼ O(1) of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the defocusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation, i∂_tu + ∂_x²u − 2(|u|² − 1)u = 0, with finite density initial data u(x,0) = _x→±∞exp(i(1 ∓ 1)φ/2)(1+o(1)), φ ϵ [0, 2π).     

Numerical methods

In this work, we construct explicit travelling wave solutions involving parameters of the Drinfel’d–Sokolov–Wilson equation as

Special exact soliton solutions for the K(2, 2) equation with non-zero constant pedestal

Special exact solutions of the K(2, 2) equation, u_t + (u²)_x + (u²)_xxx = 0, are investigated by employing the qualitative theory of differential equations. Our procedure shows that the K(2, 2) equation either has loop soliton, cusped soliton and smooth soliton solutions when sitting on the non-zero constant pedestal lim_x→±∞u = A ≠ 0, or possesses compacton solutions only when lim_x→±∞u = 0. Mathematical analysis and numerical simulations are provided for these soliton solutions of the K(2, 2) equation.     

Analytic-numerical solutions with a priori error bounds for a class of strongly coupled mixed partial differential systems

This paper deals with the construction of analytic-numerical solutions with a priori error bounds for systems of the type u_t = Au_xx, u(0,t) + u_x(0,t) = 0, Bu(1,t) + Cu_x(1,t) = 0, 0 < x < 1, t > 0, u(x,0) = f(x). Here A, B, C are matrices for which no diagonalizable hypothesis is assumed. First an exact series solution is obtained after solving appropriate vector Sturm-Liouville-type problems. Given an admissible error ε and a bounded subdomain D, after appropriate truncation an approximate solution constructed in terms of data and approximate eigenvalues is given so that the error is less than the prefixed accuracy ε, uniformly in D.     

A stability analysis for a semilinear parabolic partial differential equation

We consider a parabolic partial differential equation u_t = u_xx + f(u), where ? ∞ < x < + ∞ and 0 < t < + ∞. Under suitable hypotheses pertaining to f, we exhibit a class of initial data φ(x), ? ∞ < x < + ∞, for which the corresponding solutions u(x, t) approach zero as t → + ∞. This convergence is uniform with respect to x on any compact subinterval of the real axis.     

Comment on the 3+1 dimensional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equations

We comment on traveling wave solutions and rational solutions to the 3+1 dimensional Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equations: (u_t + 6uu_x + u_xxx)_x ± 3u_yy ± 3u_zz = 0. We also show that both of the 3+1 dimensional KP equations do not possess the three-soliton solution. This suggests that none of the 3+1 dimensional KP equations should be integrable, and partially explains why they do not pass the Painlevé test. As by-products, the one-soliton and two-soliton solutions and four classes of specific three-soliton solutions are explicitly presented.     

New solutions for the modified generalized Degasperis-Procesi equation

In this paper, using three distinct computational methods we obtain some new exact solutions for the generalized modified Degasperis-Procesi equation (mDP equation) u_t-u_xxt+(b+1)u²u_x=bu_xu_xx+uu_xxx. We show the graph of some of the new solutions obtained here with the aim to illustrate their physical relevance. Mathematica is used. Finally some conclusions are given.     

Numerical solutions with a priori error bounds for coupled self-adjoint time dependent partial differential systems

This paper is concerned with the construction of accurate continuous numerical solutions for partial self-adjoint differential systems of the type (P(t) u_t)_t = Q(t)u_xx, u(0, t) = u(d, t) = 0, u(x, 0) = f(x), u_t(x, 0) = g(x), 0 ≤ x ≤ d, t >- 0, where P(t), Q(t) are positive definite oR^r×r-valued functions such that P′(t) and Q′(t) are simultaneously semidefinite (positive or negative) for all t ≥ 0. First, an exact theoretical series solution of the problem is obtained using a separation of variables technique. After appropriate truncation strategy and the numerical solution of certain matrix differential initial value problems the following question is addressed. Given T > 0 and an admissible error ϵ > 0 how to construct a continuous numerical solution whose error with respect to the exact series solution is smaller than ϵ, uniformly in D(T) = {(x, t); 0 ≤ x ≤ d, 0 ≤ t ≤ T}. Uniqueness of solutions is also studied.     

Examples of the absence of a traveling wave for the generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation

An example of convex function f(u) for which the generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation u _t + (f(u)) _x + au _xxx − bu _xx = 0 has no solutions in the form of a traveling wave with specified limits at infinity is constructed. This example demonstrates the difficulties in analyzing asymptotic behavior of the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation that is not inherent in the type of equation for the conservation law, the Burgers-type equation, and its finite difference analog.     

Symmetry Classification of Third-Order Nonlinear Evolution Equations. Part I: Semi-simple Algebras

We give a complete point-symmetry classification of all third-order evolution equations of the form u _t =F(t,x,u,u _x ,u _xx )u _xxx +G(t,x,u,u _x ,u _xx ) which admit semi-simple symmetry algebras and extensions of these semi-simple Lie algebras by solvable Lie algebras. The methods we employ are extensions and refinements of previous techniques which have been used in such classifications.