Self-similar solutions of a Burgers-type equation with quadratically cubic nonlinearity

Self-similar solutions are found for a quadratically cubic second-order partial differential equation governing the behavior of nonlinear waves in various distributed systems, for example, in some metamaterials. They are compared with self-similar solutions of the Burgers equation. One of them describing a single unipolar pulse is shown to satisfy both equations. The other self-similar solutions of the quadratically cubic equation behave differently from the solutions of the Burgers equation. They are constructed by matching the positive and negative branches of the solution, so that the function itself and its first derivative are continuous. One of these solutions corresponds to an asymmetric solitary N-wave of the sonic shock type. Self-similar solutions of a quadratically cubic equation describing the propagation of cylindrically symmetric waves are also found.     

Perturbation of solitons due to power law nonlinearity

The generalization of solitons to a non-Kerr law media has been studied in this paper along with its perturbation. In particular, the higher nonlinear Schrödinger's equation (NLSE) due to power law nonlinearity is considered. The method of multiple-scales is used to study this equation in presence of a perturbation term. We show that, by newly introducing a proper definition of the phase of the soliton, for the first time, one can obtain the corrections to the pulse where the usual soliton perturbation approach fails.     

Solitary wave solutions and modulation instability analysis of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation with higher order dispersion and nonlinear terms

We report exact bright and dark solitary wave solution of the nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLSE) in cubic–quintic non-Kerr medium adopting phase–amplitude ansatz method. We have found the solitary wave parameters along with the constraints under which bright or dark solitons may exist in such a media. Furthermore, we have also studied the modulation instability analysis both in anomalous and normal dispersion regime. The role of fourth order dispersion, cubic–quintic nonlinear parameter and self-steeping parameter on modulation instability gain has been investigated.     

A self-similar solution to the equation of gas filtration in a spherically symmetric porous medium

We consider the Cauchy problem for the Boussinesq equation which describes filtration of a gas in a spherically symmetric porous medium. For the self-similar solution to this problem we construct a formal in the neighborhood of the point r → ∞ expansion and a convergent near r = 0 one.     

The Self-similar Solution for Ginzburg-Landau Equation and Its Limit Behavior in Besov Spaces

In this paper, we study the limit behavior of self-similar solutions for the Complex Ginzburg-Landau (CGL) equation in the nonstandard function space E_{s,p}. We prove the uniform existence of the solutions for the CGL equation and its limit equation in E_{s,p}. Moreover we show that the self-similar solutions of CGL equation converge, globally in time, to those of its limit equation as the parameters tend to zero. Key Words Ginzburg-Landau equation; Schrödinger equation; self-similar solution; limit behavior.     

New soliton and periodic solutions of (1 + 2)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with dual-power law nonlinearity

With the aid of symbolic computation, the new generalized algebraic method is extended to the (1 + 2)-dimensional nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) with dual-power law nonlinearity for constructing a series of new exact solutions. Because of the dual-power law nonlinearity, the equation cannot be directly dealt with by the method and require some kinds of techniques. By means of two proper transformations, we reduce the NLSE to an ordinary differential equation that is easy to solve and find a rich variety of new exact solutions for the equation, which include soliton solutions, combined soliton solutions, triangular periodic solutions and rational function solutions. Numerical simulations are given for a solitary wave solution to illustrate the time evolution of the solitary creation. Finally, conditional stability of the solution in Lyapunov’s sense is discussed.     

Special two-soliton solution of the generalized Sine–Gordon equation with a variable coefficient

A new special two-soliton solution to the generalized Sine–Gordon equation with a variable coefficient is constructed analytically, by using the self-similar method and Hirota bilinear method. To construct this special solution, we do not utilize the pairs of one-soliton solutions, as is customarily done when solving the Sine–Gordon equation, but introduce two auxiliary self-similar variables in Hirota’s procedure. We also study features of this solution by choosing different self-similar variables. The results obtained confirm that the behavior of such Sine–Gordon solitons can be easily controlled by the selection of the self-similar variables.     

Numerical realization of an algorithm for reconstructing an inhomogeneous medium in an X-ray tomography problem

Under study is the X-ray tomography problem that is an inverse problem for the transport differential equation. We take into account the absorption of particles by the medium and their single scattering. The statement of the problem corresponds to multiple probing. The medium is unknown; while the densities of the outcoming flux averaged over energy are given. The object in question is the discontinuity surfaces of the coefficients of the equation. This corresponds to searching for the boundaries between various substances contained in the medium that we probe. The solution is constructive, and a numerical realization of the obtained algorithm is presented.     

Radial equivalence for the two basic nonlinear degenerate diffusion equations

In this paper we prove that there exists an explicit correspondence between the radially symmetric solutions of two well-known models of nonlinear diffusion, the porous medium equation and the p-Laplacian equation. We establish exact correspondence formulas between these solutions. We also study in detail the application of the results in the important case of self-similar solutions. In particular, we derive the existence of new self-similar solutions for the evolution p-Laplacian equation.     

The multifractal spectrum of statistically self-similar measures

We calculate the multifractal spectrum of a random measure constructed using a statistically self-similar process. We show that with probability one there is a multifractal decomposition analogous to that in the deterministic self-similar case, with the exponents given by the solution of an expectation equation.     

二维非线性Schr(o)dinger方程的辛与多辛格式

对满足周期边界条件的二维非线性Schrödinger方程,运用中心差分对该方程进行空间离散, 得到一个有限维Hamilton系统,然后用隐式Euler中点格式进行时间离散得到其辛格式. 针对该方程的多辛形式, 运用有限体积法离散,得到一种直平行六面体上的中点型多辛格式. 用所构造的辛与多辛格式对二维非线性Schrödinger方程的平面波解和奇异解进行数值模拟,结果验证了所构 造格式的有效性. 最后, 根据计算结果,对两种格式进行了分析和比较.       

Self-similar solutions of semilinear wave equation with variable speed of propagation

We investigate the issue of existence of the self-similar solutions of the generalized Tricomi equation in the half-space where the equation is hyperbolic. We look for the self-similar solutions via the Cauchy problem. An integral transformation suggested in [K. Yagdjian, A note on the fundamental solution for the Tricomi-type equation in the hyperbolic domain, J. Differential Equations 206 (2004) 227-252] is used to represent solutions of the Cauchy problem for the linear Tricomi-type equation in terms of fundamental solutions of the classical wave equation. This representation allows us to prove decay estimates for the linear Tricomi-type equation with a source term. Obtained in [K. Yagdjian, The self-similar solutions of the Tricomi-type equations, Z. Angew. Math. Phys., in press, doi:10.1007/s00033-006-5099-2] estimates for the self-similar solutions of the linear Tricomi-type equation are the key tools to prove existence of the self-similar solutions.     

Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Thermal Structures in a Medium with Nonlinear Thermal Conductivity

The article considers self-similar solutions of the nonlinear heat equation with a three-dimensional source that evolve in a blow-up setting. The self-similar problem is a boundary-value problem for a nonlinear equation of elliptical type that has a nonunique solution. We investigate the eigenfunction spectrum of the self-similar problem in two- and three-dimensional space. The problem is solved on a grid by Newton’s iteration method. The implementation of Newton’s method requires analysis of a linearized equation and construction of initial approximations. The eigenfunctions are continued in a parameter. Structures of various symmetry are obtained. New types of multidimensional structures are observed: these are multiply connected three-dimensional heat localization regions.__________Translated from Prikladnaya Matematika i Informatika, No. 17, pp. 84–111, 2004.     

Anomalous exponents of self-similar blow-up solutions to an aggregation equation in odd dimensions

We calculate the scaling behavior of the second-kind self-similar blow-up solution of an aggregation equation in odd dimensions. This solution describes the radially symmetric finite-time blowup phenomena and has been observed in numerical simulations of the dynamic problem. The nonlocal equation for the self-similar profile is transformed into a system of ODEs that is solved using a shooting method. The anomalous exponents are then retrieved from this transformed system.     

Integrable NLS equation with time-dependent nonlinear coefficient and self-similar attractive BEC

We investigate the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a time-dependent nonlinear coefficient. By means of Painlevé analysis we establish the integrability for a particular form of the nonlinear coefficient. The corresponding soliton solution is shown to be of the self-similar kind. We discuss the implications of the result to the dynamics of attractive Bose–Einstein condensates under Feshbach-managed nonlinearity and explore the possibility of a managed self-similar evolution in 1D condensates.     

Convergence Results for a Coarsening Model Using Global Linearization

Summary. We study a coarsening model describing the dynamics of interfaces in the one-dimensional Allen-Cahn equation. Given a partition of the real line into intervals of length greater than one, the model consists in repeatedly eliminating the shortest interval of the partition by merging it with its two neighbors. We show that the mean-field equation for the time-dependent distribution of interval lengths can be solved explicitly using a global linearization transformation. This allows us to derive rigorous results on the long-time asymptotics of the solutions. If the average length of the intervals is finite, we prove that all distributions approach a uniquely determined self-similar solution. We also obtain global stability results for the family of self-similar profiles which correspond to distributions with infinite expectation.     

半线性波动方程的自相似解

研究了具有非线性项|u|~αu的半线性波动方程的Cauclly问题,利用仿积分解及交换子估计等技术,证明了当α为一般的实数且满足一定的限制时,Cauchy问题自相似解的存在性。本文的结果回答了Planchon在其工作中所遗留的问题。     

Self-similar Asymptotics for Linear and Nonlinear Diffusion Equations

The long-time asymptotic solutions of initial value problems for the heat equation and the nonlinear porous medium equation are self-similar spreading solutions. The symmetries of the governing equations yield three-parameter families of these solutions given in terms of their mass, center of mass, and variance. Unlike the mass and center of mass, the variance, or “time-shift,” of a solution is not a conserved quantity for the nonlinear problem. We derive an optimal linear estimate of the long-time variance. Newman's Lyapunov functional is used to produce a maximum entropy time-shift estimate. Results are applied to nonlinear merging and time-dependent, inhomogeneously forced diffusion problems.     

The self-similar expanding curve for the curvature flow equation

We study a two-point free boundary problem for the curvature flow equation. By studying the corresponding nonlinear initial value problem, we obtain the existence and uniqueness of the forward self-similar solution of this problem. The corresponding curve is called the self-similar expanding curve. We also derive the asymptotic stability of this curve.