On the resonant reflection of weak,nonlinear sound waves off an entropy wave

We analyze the resonant reflection of very weak, nonlinear sound waves off a weak sawtooth entropy wave for spatially periodic solutions of the one‐dimensional, nonisentropic gas dynamics equations. The case of an entropy wave with a sawtooth profile is of interest because the oscillations of the reflected sound waves are nondispersive with frequency independent of their wavenumber, leading to an unusual type of nonlinear dynamics. On an appropriate long time scale, we show that a complex amplitude function for the spatial profile of the sound waves satisfies a degenerate quasilinear Schrödinger equation. We present some numerical solutions of this equation that illustrate the generation of small spatial scales by a resonant four‐wave cascade and front propagation in compactly supported solutions.     

Schrödinger–Poisson systems in the 3-sphere

We investigate nonlinear Schrödinger–Poisson systems in the 3-sphere. We prove existence results for these systems and discuss the question of the stability of the systems with respect to their phases. While, in the subcritical case, we prove that all phases are stable, we prove in the critical case that there exists a sharp explicit threshold below which all phases are stable and above which resonant frequencies and multi-spikes blowing-up solutions can be constructed. Solutions of the Schrödinger–Poisson systems are standing waves solutions of the electrostatic Maxwell–Schrödinger system. Stable phases imply the existence of a priori bounds on the amplitudes of standing waves solutions. Unstable phases give rise to resonant states.     

Asymptotic analysis of steady solutions of the KdVB equation with application to resonant sloshing

The forced Korteweg-de Vries equation with Burgers’ damping (fKdVB) on a periodic domain, which arises as a model for water waves in a shallow tank with forcing near resonance, is considered. A method for construction of asymptotic solutions is presented, valid in cases where dispersion and damping are small. Through variation of a detuning parameter, families of resonant solutions are obtained providing detailed insight into the resonant response character of the system and allowing for direct comparison with the experimental results of Chester and Bones (1968).     

Cantor families of periodic solutions for wave equations via a variational principle

We prove existence of small amplitude periodic solutions of completely resonant wave equations with frequencies in a Cantor set of asymptotically full measure, via a variational principle. A Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition reduces the problem to a finite dimensional bifurcation equation—variational in nature—defined on a Cantor set of non-resonant parameters. The Cantor gaps are due to “small divisors” phenomena. To solve the bifurcation equation we develop a suitable variational method. In particular, we do not require the typical “Arnold non-degeneracy condition” of the known theory on the nonlinear terms. As a consequence our existence results hold for new generic sets of nonlinearities.     

Neumann problems resonant at zero and infinity

We consider a semilinear Neumann problem with a reaction which is resonant at both zero and ±∞. Using a combination of methods from critical point theory, together with truncation techniques, the use of upper–lower solutions and of the Morse theory (critical groups), we show that the problem has at least five nontrivial smooth solutions, four of which have constant sign (two positive and two negative).     

Solitons of the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nontrivial boundary conditions: Hirota bilinear method

We use the Hirota bilinear approach to consider physically relevant soliton solutions of the resonant nonlinear Schrödinger equation with nontrivial boundary conditions, recently proposed for describing uniaxial waves in a cold collisionless plasma. By the Madelung representation, the model transforms into the reaction-diffusion analogue of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation, for which we study the bilinear representation, the soliton solutions, and their mutual interactions.     

Periodic solutions of fully nonlinear autonomous equations of Benjamin–Ono type

We prove the existence of time-periodic, small amplitude solutions of autonomous quasi-linear or fully nonlinear completely resonant pseudo-PDEs of Benjamin–Ono type in Sobolev class. The result holds for frequencies in a Cantor set that has asymptotically full measure as the amplitude goes to zero.     

Parametric resonance of ground states in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We study the global existence and long-time behavior of solutions of the initial-value problem for the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation with an attractive localized potential and a time-dependent nonlinearity coefficient. For small initial data, we show under some nondegeneracy assumptions that the solution approaches the profile of the ground state and decays in time like t^-1/4. The decay is due to resonant coupling between the ground state and the radiation field induced by the time-dependent nonlinearity coefficient.     

Unifying the steady state resonant solutions of the periodically forced KdVB, mKdVB, and eKdVB equations

The periodically forced extended KdVB (eKdVB) equation, which contains both KdVB and modified KdVB (mKdVB) equations as special cases, is known to possess a rich array of resonant steady solutions. We present an analytic methodology based on singular perturbation and asymptotic matching in order to illustrate and approximate these solutions in the limit that the dispersive effects are small relative to the nonlinear and forcing terms. Weak Burgers damping is also included at the same order as dispersion. Solutions across the resonant band may be constructed and show good agreement with solutions of the full equation, showing clearly the role of the various physical effects. In this way, direct comparisons and connections are made between the various classes of KdVB equations, illustrating, in particular, the underlying mathematical connections between the KdVB and mKdVB equations.     

The variational approximation for 2‐dimension solitons at cubic‐quintic nonlinearity in quasiperiodic potentials

We apply the variational approximation to study the dynamics of solitary waves of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with compensative cubic‐quintic nonlinearity for asymmetric 2‐dimension setup. Such an approach allows to study the behavior of the solitons trapped in quasisymmetric potentials without an axial symmetry. Our analytical consideration allows finding the soliton profiles that are stable in a quasisymmetric geometry. We show that small perturbations of such states lead to generation of the oscillatory‐bounded solutions having 2 independent eigenfrequencies relating to the quintic nonlinear parameter. The behavior of solutions with large amplitudes is studied numerically. The resonant case when the frequency of the time variations (time managed) potential is near of the eigenfrequencies is studied too. In a resonant situation, the solitons acquire a weak time decay.     

Cantor families of periodic solutions for completely resonant wave equations

We present recent existence results of Cantor families of small amplitude periodic solutions for completely resonant nonlinear wave equations. The proofs rely on the Nash-Moser implicit function theory and variational methods.      

Families of Periodic Solutions of Resonant PDEs

Summary. We construct some families of small amplitude periodic solutions close to a completely resonant equilibrium point of a semilinear reversible partial differential equation. To this end, we construct, using averaging methods, a suitable map from the configuration space to itself. We prove that to each nondegenerate zero of such a map there corresponds a family of small amplitude periodic solutions of the system. The proof is based on Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition. This establishes a relation between Lyapunov-Schmidt decomposition and averaging theory that could be interesting in itself. As an application, we construct countable many families of periodic solutions of the nonlinear string equation u _tt -u _xx ± u ³ =0 (and of its perturbations) with Dirichlet boundary conditions. We also prove that the fundamental periods of solutions belonging to the n ^th family converge to 2π/n when the amplitude tends to zero. Received August 8, 2000; accepted November 21, 2000 Online publication February 26, 2001     

Bifurcation from periodic solutions with spatiotemporal symmetry, including resonances and mode interactions

We study local bifurcation in equivariant dynamical systems from periodic solutions with a mixture of spatial and spatiotemporal symmetries.In previous work, we focused primarily on codimension one bifurcations. In this paper, we show that the techniques used in the codimension one analysis can be extended to understand also higher codimension bifurcations, including resonant bifurcations and mode interactions. In particular, we present a general reduction scheme by which we relate bifurcations from periodic solutions to bifurcations from fixed points of twisted equivariant diffeomorphisms, which in turn are linked via normal form theory to bifurcations from equilibria of equivariant vector fields.We also obtain a general theory for bifurcation from relative periodic solutions and we show how to incorporate time-reversal symmetries into our framework.     

Perturbative Analysis of Wave Interaction in Nonlinear Systems

We propose a new way to handle obstacles to asymptotic integrability in perturbed nonlinear PDEs in the method of normal forms (NFs) in the case of multiwave solutions. Instead of including the whole obstacle in the NF, we include only its resonant part (if it exists) in the NF and assign the remainder to the homological equation. This leaves the NF integrable, and its solutions retain the character of the solutions of the unperturbed equation. We use the freedom in the expansion to construct canonical obstacles that are confined to the interaction region of the waves. For soliton solutions (e. g., of the KdV equation), the interaction region is a finite domain around the origin; the canonical obstacles then do not generate secular terms in the homological equation. When the interaction region is infinite (or semi-infinite, e.g., in wave-front solutions of the Burgers equation), the obstacles may contain resonant terms. The obstacles generate waves of a new type that cannot be written as functionals of the solutions of the NF. When the obstacle contributes a resonant term to the NF, this leads to a nonstandard update of the wave velocity. __________ Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 144, No. 2, pp. 410–422, August, 2005.     

Permanent Wave Structures and Resonant Triads in a Layered Fluid

A closed three layer fluid with small density differences between the layers has two closely related modes of gravity wave propagation. The nonlinear interactions between the wave modes are investigated, particularly the nearly resonant or significant interactions. Permanent wave solutions are calculated, and it is shown that a permanent wave of the slower mode can generate resonantly a wave harmonic of the faster mode. The equations governing resonant triads of the two modes are derived, and solutions having a permanent structure are calculated from them. It is found that some resonant triad solutions vanish when the triad is embedded in the set of all harmonics with wavenumbers in its neighborhood     

Resonance expansions of propagators in the presence of potential barriers

We show that the Schrödinger propagator can be expanded in terms of resonances at energy levels at which a barrier separates the interaction region from infinity. The expansions hold for all times with errors small in the semi-classical parameter. As a byproduct we obtain a result on the approximation of clusters of resonant states by clusters of eigenfunctions of a self-adjoint reference operator.     

KAM-Type Theorem on Resonant Surfaces for Nearly Integrable Hamiltonian Systems

Summary. In this paper, we consider analytic perturbations of an integrable Hamiltonian system in a given resonant surface. It is proved that, for most frequencies on the resonant surface, the resonant torus foliated by nonresonant lower dimensional tori is not destroyed completely and that there are some lower dimensional tori which survive the perturbation if the Hamiltonian satisfies a certain nondegenerate condition. The surviving tori might be elliptic, hyperbolic, or of mixed type. This shows that there are many orbits in the resonant zone which are regular as in the case of integrable systems. This behavior might serve as an obstacle to Arnold diffusion. The persistence of hyperbolic lower dimensional tori has been considered by many authors [5], [6], [15], [16], mainly for multiplicity one resonant case. To deal with the mechanisms of the destruction of the resonant tori of higher multiplicity into nonhyperbolic lower dimensional tori, we have to deal with some small coefficient matrices that are the generalization of small divisors. Received December 18, 1997; revised December 30, 1998; accepted June 21, 1999     

Landesman-Lazer type conditions for a system of p-Laplacian like operators

We study the existence of periodic solutions for a nonlinear second order system of ordinary differential equations of p-Laplacian type. Assuming suitable Nagumo and Landesman-Lazer type conditions we prove the existence of at least one solution applying topological degree methods. We extend a celebrated result by Nirenberg for resonant systems.     

On resonant interactions of gravity‐capillary waves without energy exchange

We consider resonant triad interactions of gravity‐capillary waves and investigate in detail special resonant triads that exchange no energy during their interactions so that the wave amplitudes remain constant in time. After writing the resonance conditions in terms of two parameters (or two angles of wave propagation), we first identify a region in the two‐dimensional parameter space, where resonant triads can be always found, and then describe the variations of resonant wavenumbers and wave frequencies over the resonance region. Using the amplitude equations recovered from a Hamiltonian formulation for water waves, it is shown that any resonant triad inside the resonance region can interact without energy exchange if the initial wave amplitudes and relative phase satisfy the two conditions for fixed point solutions of the amplitude equations. Furthermore, it is shown that the symmetric resonant triad exchanging no energy forms a transversely modulated traveling wave field, which can be considered a two‐dimensional generalization of Wilton ripples.     

Dynamics of an integrable Kadomtsev–Petviashvili-based system

Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP)-type equations are seen in fluid mechanics, plasma physics, and gas dynamics. Hereby we consider an integrable KP-based system. With the Hirota method, symbolic computation and truncated Painlevé expansion, we obtain bright one- and two-soliton solutions. Figures are plotted to help us understand the dynamics of regular and resonant interactions, and we find that the regular interaction of solitons is completely elastic. Based on the asymptotic and graphical behavior of the two-soliton solutions, we analyze two kinds of resonance between the solitons, both of which are non-completely elastic. A triple structure, a periodic resonant structure in the procedure of interactions and a high wave hump in the vicinity of the crossing point, can be observed. Through the linear stability analysis, instability condition for the soliton solutions can be given, which might be useful, e.g., for the ship traffic on the surface of water.