On minimal nonscattering solution for focusing mass-subcritical nonlinear Schrödinger equation

We consider time global behavior of solutions to the focusing mass-subcritical NLS equation in a weighted L² space. We prove that there exists a threshold solution such that (i) it does not scatter; (ii) with respect to a certain scale-invariant quantity, this solution attains minimum value in all nonscattering solutions. In the mass-critical case, it is known that ground states are this kind of threshold solution. However, in our case, it turns out that the above threshold solution is not a standing wave solution.     

Resonances and standing waves

Recent investigations on aperiodic waves, which are generated by time-harmonic forces in waveguides, indicate a close relationship between resonances and certain time-harmonic solutions of homogeneous boundary value problems for the wave equation (“standing waves”). This paper is motivated by the observation that, in all known cases, standing waves are connected with resonances if and only if they are subject to suitable asymptotic restrictions as |x| → ∞. These asymptotic properties are used to introduce a class of “admissible” standing waves. We prove that admissible standing waves do not exist in a certain class of local perturbations Ω of the n-dimensional domain Ω₀ bounded by the hyperplanes x_n = 0 and x_n = π. This extends a result of M. Faulhaber on the absence of eigenvalues. As we shall show in a subsequent paper, absence of admissible standing waves implies absence of resonances.     

Stability of Planar Waves in the Allen–Cahn Equation

We study the asymptotic stability of planar waves for the Allen–Cahn equation on ? ⁿ , where n ≥ 2. Our first result states that planar waves are asymptotically stable under any—possibly large—initial perturbations that decay at space infinity. Our second result states that the planar waves are asymptotically stable under almost periodic perturbations. More precisely, the perturbed solution converges to a planar wave as t → ∞. The convergence is uniform in ? ⁿ . Lastly, the existence of a solution that oscillates permanently between two planar waves is shown, which implies that planar waves are not asymptotically stable under more general perturbations.     

Paralinearization of the Dirichlet to Neumann Operator,and Regularity of Three-Dimensional Water Waves

This paper is concerned with a priori C ^∞ regularity for three-dimensional doubly periodic travelling gravity waves whose fundamental domain is a symmetric diamond. The existence of such waves was a long standing open problem solved recently by Iooss and Plotnikov. The main difficulty is that, unlike conventional free boundary problems, the reduced boundary system is not elliptic for three-dimensional pure gravity waves, which leads to small divisors problems. Our main result asserts that sufficiently smooth diamond waves which satisfy a Diophantine condition are automatically C ^∞. In particular, we prove that the solutions defined by Iooss and Plotnikov are C ^∞. Two notable technical aspects are that (i) no smallness condition is required and (ii) we obtain an exact paralinearization formula for the Dirichlet to Neumann operator.     

Error estimate for a fully discrete spectral scheme for Korteweg-de Vries-Kawahara equation

We are concerned with convergence of spectral method for the numerical solution of the initial-boundary value problem associated to the Korteweg-de Vries-Kawahara equation (Kawahara equation, in short), which is a transport equation perturbed by dispersive terms of the 3rd and 5th order. This equation appears in several fluid dynamics problems. It describes the evolution of small but finite amplitude long waves in various problems in fluid dynamics. These equations are discretized in space by the standard Fourier-Galerkin spectral method and in time by the explicit leap-frog scheme. For the resulting fully discrete, conditionally stable scheme we prove an L ²-error bound of spectral accuracy in space and of second-order accuracy in time.     

Effective Dynamics of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation on Large Domains

We consider the nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation posed on the box [0,L]^d with periodic boundary conditions. The aim is to describe the long‐time dynamics by deriving effective equations for it when L is large and the characteristic size ɛ of the data is small. Such questions arise naturally when studying dispersive equations that are posed on large domains (like water waves in the ocean), and also in the theory of statistical physics of dispersive waves, which goes by the name of “wave turbulence.” Our main result is deriving a new equation, the continuous resonant (CR) equation, which describes the effective dynamics for large L and small ɛ over very large timescales. Such timescales are well beyond the (a) nonlinear timescale of the equation, and (b) the euclidean timescale at which the effective dynamics are given by (NLS) on ℝ^d. The proof relies heavily on tools from analytic number theory, such as a relatively modern version of the Hardy‐Littlewood circle method, which are modified and extended to be applicable in a PDE setting.© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Darboux transformation and Rogue waves of the Kundu–nonlinear Schrödinger equation

In this paper, the Darboux transformation of the Kundu–nonlinear Schrödinger equation is derived and generalized to the matrix of n‐fold Darboux transformation. From known solution Q, the determinant representation of n‐th new solutions of Q^[n] are obtained by the n‐fold Darboux transformation. Then soliton solutions and positon solutions are generated from trivial seed solutions, breather solutions and rogue wave solutions that are obtained from periodic seed solutions. After that, the higher order rogue wave solutions of the Kundu–nonlinear Schrödinger equation are given. We show that free parameters in eigenfunctions can adjust the patterns of the higher order rogue waves. Meanwhile, the third‐order rogue waves are given explicitly. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

On the existence of standing waves for a davey–stewartson system

We consider the standing waves for the Davey–Stewartson system in R² and R³. By reducing this system to a single nonlinear equation of Schrödinger type, we study the existence, the regularity and asymptotics of ground states.     

Uniform Decay properties of a model in structural acoustics

We investigate decay properties for a system of coupled partial differential equations which model the interaction between acoustic waves in a cavity and the walls of the cavity. In this system a wave equation is coupled to a structurally damped plate or beam equation. The underlying semigroup for this system is not uniformly stable, but when the system is appropriately restricted we obtain some uniform stability. We present two results of this type. For the first result, we assume that the initial wave data is zero, and the initial plate or beam data is in the natural energy space; then the corresponding solution to system decays uniformly to zero. For the second result, we assume that the initial condition is in the natural energy space and the control function is L²(0,∞) (in time) into the control space; then the beam displacement and velocity are both L²(0,∞) into a space with two spatial derivatives.     

Solution Blowup for Nonlinear Equations of the Khokhlov–Zabolotskaya Type

We consider several nonlinear evolution equations sharing a nonlinearity of the form ?²u²/?t². Such a nonlinearity is present in the Khokhlov–Zabolotskaya equation, in other equations in the theory of nonlinear waves in a fluid, and also in equations in the theory of electromagnetic waves and ion–sound waves in a plasma. We consider sufficient conditions for a blowup regime to arise and find initial functions for which a solution understood in the classical sense is totally absent, even locally in time, i.e., we study the problem of an instantaneous blowup of classical solutions.     

On the instability of resonances in parallel-plane waveguides under local perturbations of the boundary

We study the large-time asymptotics for solutions u( x , t) of the wave equation with Dirichlet boundary data, generated by a time-harmonic force distribution of frequency ω, in a class of domains with non-compact boundaries and show that the results obtained in [11] for a special class of local perturbations of Ω₀ ? ?² × (0,1) can be extended to arbitrary smooth local perturbations Ω of Ω₀. In particular, we prove that u is bounded as t → ∞ if Ω does not allow admissible standing waves of frequency ω in the sense of [8]. This implies in connection with [8]. Theorem 3.1 that the logarithmic resonances of the unperturbed domain Ω₀ at the frequencies ω = πk (k = 1, 2,…) observed in [14] can be simultaneously removed by small perturbations of the boundary. As a main step of our analysis, the determination of admissible solutions of the boundary value problem ΔU + κ²U = ? f in Ω, U = 0 on ?Ω is reduced to a compact operator equation.     

Orbital stability of semitrivial standing waves for the Klein-Gordon-Schrödinger system

In the present paper, we study the orbital stability and instability of standing waves of the Klein-Gordon-Schrödinger system. Especially, we are interested in a standing wave which is expressed by the unique positive solution w₁ to a certain scalar field equation. By utilizing the property of the positive solution w₁, we can apply the general theory of Grillakis, Shatah and Strauss (1987) [11] and show the stability and instability of the standing wave.     

Super Riemann theta function periodic wave solutions and rational characteristics for a supersymmetric KdV-Burgers equation

Using a multidimensional super Riemann theta function, we propose two key theorems for explicitly constructing multiperiodic super Riemann theta function periodic wave solutions of supersymmetric equations in the superspace ℝ _Λ^N+1,M, which is a lucid and direct generalization of the super-Hirota-Riemann method. Once a supersymmetric equation is written in a bilinear form, its super Riemann theta function periodic wave solutions can be directly obtained by using our two theorems. As an application, we present a supersymmetric Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers equation. We study the limit procedure in detail and rigorously establish the asymptotic behavior of the multiperiodic waves and the relations between periodic wave solutions and soliton solutions. Moreover, we find that in contrast to the purely bosonic case, an interesting phenomenon occurs among the super Riemann theta function periodic waves in the presence of the Grassmann variable. The super Riemann theta function periodic waves are symmetric about the band but collapse along with the band. Furthermore, the results can be extended to the case N > 2; here, we only consider an existence condition for an N-periodic wave solution of a general supersymmetric equation.     

Symmetry Properties of Positive Solutions of Parabolic Equations on ℝ N : II. Entire Solutions

We consider nonautonomous quasilinear parabolic equations satisfying certain symmetry conditions. We prove that each positive bounded solution u on ? ^N  × (?∞, T) decaying to zero at spatial infinity uniformly with respect to time is radially symmetric around some origin in ? ^N . The origin depends on the solution but is independent of time. We also consider the linearized equation along u and prove that each bounded (positive or not) solution is a linear combination of a radially symmetric solution and (nonsymmetric) spatial derivatives of u. Theorems on reflectional symmetry are also given.     

On the principles of limiting absorption and limit amplitude for a class of locally perturbed waveguides. Part 1: Time-independent theory

Let Ω be a local perturbation of the n-dimensional domain Ω₀ = Ropf;^{n ? 1} × (0, π). In a previous paper⁸ we have introduced the notion of an admissible standing wave. We shall prove that the principle of limiting absorption holds for the Dirichlet problem of the reduced wave equation in Ω at ω ≥ 0 if Ω does not allow admissible standing waves with frequency ω. From Reference 8, this condition is satisfied for every ω ≥ 0 if Ω ≠ Ω₀, and v · x ′ ≤ 0 on δΩ, where x′ = ( x ₁,…, x_{n ? 1}, 0) and v is the normal unit vector on δΩ pointing into the complement of Ω. In contrast to this, the principle of limiting absorption is violated in the case of the unperturbed domain Ω₀ at the frequencies ω = 1,2,… if n ≤ 3. The second part of our investigation, which will appear in a subsequent paper, is devoted to the principle of limit amplitude.     

General exact solutions for linear and nonlinear waves in a Thirring model

In the present paper, we construct exact solutions to a system of partial differential equations iu_x + v + u | v | ² = 0, iv_t + u + v | u | ² = 0 related to the Thirring model. First, we introduce a transform of variables, which puts the governing equations into a more useful form. Because of symmetries inherent in the governing equations, we are able to successively obtain solutions for the phase of each nonlinear wave in terms of the amplitudes of both waves. The exact solutions can be described as belonging to two classes, namely, those that are essentially linear waves and those which are nonlinear waves. The linear wave solutions correspond to waves propagating with constant amplitude, whereas the nonlinear waves evolve in space and time with variable amplitudes. In the traveling wave case, these nonlinear waves can take the form of solitons, or solitary waves, given appropriate initial conditions. Once the general solution method is outlined, we focus on a number of more specific examples in order to show the variety of physical solutions possible. We find that radiation naturally emerges in the solution method: if we assume one of u or v with zero background, the second wave will naturally include both a solitary wave and radiation terms. The solution method is rather elegant and can be applied to related partial differential systems. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Resonance phenomena in a semi-infinite string with a periodic end

We study the propagation of linear waves, generated by a compactly supported time-harmonic force distribution, in a semi-infinite string under the assumption that the material properties depend p-period-ically on the space variable outside a sufficiently large interval [0, a]. The spectrum of the self-adjoint extension A of the spatial part of the differential operator consists of a finite or countable number of bands and a (possibly empty) discrete set of eigenvalues located in the gaps of the continuous spectrum. We show that resonances of order t or t^½, respectively, occur if either ω² is an eigenvalue of A or (i) ω² is a boundary point of the continuous spectrum of A and (ii) the corresponding time-independent homogeneous problem has a non-trivial solution which is p-periodic or p-semiperiodic for x > a (‘standing wave’).     

Rogue waves arising on the standing periodic waves in the Ablowitz–Ladik equation

We study the standing periodic waves in the semidiscrete integrable system modeled by the Ablowitz–Ladik (AL) equation. We have related the stability spectrum to the Lax spectrum by separating the variables and by finding the characteristic polynomial for the standing periodic waves. We have also obtained rogue waves on the background of the modulationally unstable standing periodic waves by using the end points of spectral bands and the corresponding eigenfunctions. The magnification factors for the rogue waves have been computed analytically and compared with their continuous counterparts. The main novelty of this work is that we explore a nonstandard linear Lax system, which is different from the standard Lax representation of the AL equation.     

Existence and modulation of traveling waves in particles chains

We consider an infinite particle chain whose dynamics are governed by the following system of differential equations: where q_n(t) is the displacement of the n^th particle at time t along the chain axis and denotes differentiation with respect to time. We assume that all particles have unit mass and that the interaction potential V between adjacent particles is a convex C∞ function. For this system, we prove the existence of C∞, time‐periodic, traveling‐wave solutions of the form q_n(t) = q(wt kn + where q is a periodic function q(z) = q(z+1) (the period is normalized to equal 1), ω and k are, respectively, the frequency and the wave number, is the mean particle spacing, and can be chosen to be an arbitrary parameter. We present two proofs, one based on a variational principle and the other on topological methods, in particular degree theory. For small‐amplitude waves, based on perturbation techniques, we describe the form of the traveling waves, and we derive the weakly nonlinear dispersion relation. For the fully nonlinear case, when the amplitude of the waves is high, we use numerical methods to compute the traveling‐wave solution and the non‐linear dispersion relation. We finally apply Whitham's method of averaged Lagrangian to derive the modulation equations for the wave parameters α, β, k, and ω. © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Solutions to the Allen Cahn Equation and Minimal Surfaces

We discuss and outline proofs of some recent results on application of singular perturbation techniques for solutions in entire space of the Allen-Cahn equation Δu + u − u ³ = 0. In particular, we consider a minimal surface Γ in \mathbb R⁹{\mathbb {R}^9} which is the graph of a nonlinear entire function x ₉ = F(x ₁, . . . , x ₈), found by Bombieri, De Giorgi and Giusti, the BDG surface. We sketch a construction of a solution to the Allen Cahn equation in \mathbb R⁹{\mathbb {R}^9} which is monotone in the x9 direction whose zero level set lies close to a large dilation of Γ, recently obtained by M. Kowalczyk and the authors. This answers a long standing question by De Giorgi in large dimensions (1978), whether a bounded solution should have planar level sets. We sketch two more applications of the BDG surface to related questions, respectively in overdetermined problems and in eternal solutions to the flow by mean curvature for graphs.