Exact solutions of semiclassical non-characteristic Cauchy problems for the sine-Gordon equation

The use of the sine-Gordon equation as a model of magnetic flux propagation in Josephson junctions motivates studying the initial-value problem for this equation in the semiclassical limit in which the dispersion parameter ε tends to zero. Assuming natural initial data having the profile of a moving −2π kink at time zero, we analytically calculate the scattering data of this completely integrable Cauchy problem for all ε>0 sufficiently small, and further we invert the scattering transform to calculate the solution for a sequence of arbitrarily small ε. This sequence of exact solutions is analogous to that of the well-known N-soliton (or higher-order soliton) solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schrödinger equation. We then use plots obtained from a careful numerical implementation of the inverse-scattering algorithm for reflectionless potentials to study the asymptotic behavior of solutions in the semiclassical limit. In the limit ε↓0 one observes the appearance of nonlinear caustics, i.e. curves in space-time that are independent of ε but vary with the initial data and that separate regions in which the solution is expected to have different numbers of nonlinear phases.In the appendices, we give a self-contained account of the Cauchy problem from the perspectives of both inverse scattering and classical analysis (Picard iteration). Specifically, Appendix A contains a complete formulation of the inverse-scattering method for generic L¹-Sobolev initial data, and Appendix B establishes the well-posedness for L^p-Sobolev initial data (which in particular completely justifies the inverse-scattering analysis in Appendix A).     

Modification of the Clarkson-Kruskal Direct Method for a Coupled System

A new idea is put forward to modify the Clarkson-Kruskal （CK） direct method. Using the usual CK direct method to a coupled KdV system, two types of usual similarity reductions can be obtained. However, the application of the modified CK direct method leads to three types of new similarity reductions different from the usual ones.     

Numerical solution of an inverse medium scattering problem for Maxwell’s Equations at fixed frequency

Consider a time-harmonic electromagnetic plane wave incident on a medium enclosed by a bounded domain in R³${\mathbb{R}}^3$. In this paper, well-posedness of the variational problem for the direct scattering is examined. An energy estimate for the scattered field is obtained on which the Born approximation is based. A regularized recursive linearization method for the inverse medium scattering, which reconstructs the scatterer of an inhomogeneous medium from the boundary measurements of the scattered field, is developed. The algorithm requires only single-frequency data. Using an initial guess from the Born approximation, each update is obtained via continuation on the spatial frequency of a two-parameter family of plane waves by solving one direct problem and one adjoint problem of the Maxwell equation.     

Initial value problem of the Whitham equations for the Camassa-Holm equation

We study the Whitham equations for the Camassa-Holm equation. The equations are neither strictly hyperbolic nor genuinely nonlinear. We are interested in the initial value problem of the Whitham equations. When the initial values are given by a step function, the Whitham solution is self-similar. When the initial values are given by a smooth function, the Whitham solution exists within a cusp in the x-t plane. On the boundary of the cusp, the Whitham solution matches the Burgers solution, which exists outside the cusp.     

A new method to construct the integrable coupling system for discrete soliton equation with the Kronecker product

It is shown that the Kronecker product can be applied to construct a new integrable coupling system of discrete soliton equation hierarchy in this Letter. A direct application to the generalized Toda lattice spectral problem leads to a novel integrable coupling system. It is also indicated that the study of integrable couplings by using of the Kronecker product is an efficient and straightforward method.     

New positon, negaton and complexiton solutions for the Bogoyavlensky-Konoplechenko equation

New positon, negaton and complexiton solutions for the Bogoyavlensky-Konoplechenko equation are constructed by means of the Darboux transformation with constant seed solution. The new positon, negaton and complexiton solutions are analytical or singular and given out both analytically and graphically.     

Novel homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions for the 2D complex cubic Ginzburg-Landau equation

Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions are two important concepts that are used to investigate the complex properties of nonlinear evolutionary equations. In this Letter, we perform hyperbolic and linear stability analysis, and prove the existence of homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions for two-dimensional cubic Ginzburg-Landau equation with periodic boundary condition and even constraint. Then, using the Hirota's bilinear transformation, we find the closed-form homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions. Moreover, we find that the homoclinic tubes and two families of heteroclinic solutions are asymptotic to a periodic cycle in one dimension.     

Grammian solutions and Pfaffianization of the non-isospectral modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation

The Grammian determinant solutions of the non-isospectral modified Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (mKP) equation are presented. Moreover, a new non-isospectral coupled system is constructed by using the Pfaffianization procedure. Furthermore, Gramm-type Pfaffian solutions of the non-isospectral coupled system are obtained.     

Bäcklund transformation, nonlinear superposition formula and solutions of the Calogero equation

In this Letter, the Bäcklund transformation for the (2+1)-Calogero equation is presented in the bilinear form. Furthermore, a nonlinear superposition formula related to the transformation is proved rigorously. By the way, the Wronskian determinant solution is also derived and verified completely.     

On the general form of the Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation in fluid mechanics

In the study of many problems of mechanical and physical sciences, various versions of the Benjamin-Bona-Mahony (BBM) equation or the regularized-long-wave equation have been proposed. In this paper, we obtain the solitary-wave solutions to the general form of the BBM equation, which fully cover the variety of the BBM solitary waves previously reported. This work has been supported by the China Talent Fund, by the Cheung Kong Scholars Programme of China, by the Cheung-Kong-Scholar Research Concerted Fund of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and by the Doctoral Education Fund in Basic Sciences of Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.     

Exact Analytic N-Soliton-Like Solution in Wronskian Form for a Generalized Variable-Coefficient Korteweg-de Vries Model from Plasmas and Fluid Dynamics

Applicable in fluid dynamics and plasmas, a generalized variable-coefficient Korteweg-de Vries （vcKdV） model is investigated. The bilinear form and analytic N-soliton-like solution for such a model are derived by the Hirota method and Wronskian technique. Additionally, the bilinear auto-Bǎcklund transformation between （N-1）- soliton-like and N-soliton-like solutions is verified.     

Darboux transformation for the non-isospectral AKNS hierarchy and its asymptotic property

In this Letter, the Darboux transformation for the non-isospectral AKNS hierarchy is constructed. We show that the Darboux transformation for the non-isospectral AKNS hierarchy is not an auto-Bäcklund transformation, because the integral constants of the hierarchy will be changed after the transformation. The transform rule of the integral constants will be also derived. By this means, the soliton solutions of the nonlinear equations derived by the non-isospectral AKNS hierarchy can be found.     

New binary travelling-wave periodic solutions for the modified KdV equation

In this Letter, the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equations with the focusing (+) and defocusing (−) branches are investigated, respectively. Many new types of binary travelling-wave periodic solutions are obtained for the mKdV equation in terms of Jacobi elliptic functions such as sn(ξ,m)cn(ξ,m)dn(ξ,m) and their extensions. Moreover, we analyze asymptotic properties of some solutions. In addition, with the aid of the Miura transformation, we also give the corresponding binary travelling-wave periodic solutions of KdV equation.     

New positon, negaton and complexiton solutions for the Hirota-Satsuma coupled KdV system

New positon, negaton and complexiton solutions for the Hirota-Satsuma coupled KdV system are constructed by means of the Darboux transformation with zero seed solution. The new positon, negaton and complexiton solutions are singular and given out both analytically and graphically.     

On the inverse scattering and direct linearizing transforms for the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation

The existing formalism for solving the initial-value problem associated with the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, a physically significant two-spatial dimensional analogue of the Korteweg-de Vries equation, is both simplified and extended. The lump solutions, algebraically decaying solitons, are naturally incorporated and given a spectral characterization in the new scheme. In addition, a very general linearization of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation is presented.     

A new approach to the inverse scattering and spectral problems for the Sturm-Liouville equation

New proofs of the known uniqueness theorems for the one-dimensional inverse spectral and scattering problems are given. Proof of the invertibility of all of the steps in the inversion procedures of Gelfand-Levitan and Marchenko is given. The proposed method of investigation yields some new results, for example, a Marchenko-type equation at x = 0 which holds on the whole axis, rather than on a half-axis, as usual for the scattering theory on half-axis. It also yields a new method, shorter and simpler than earlier published, for proving that the potential in the class L_1,1, obtained by the Marchenko reconstruction procedure, generates the scattering data from which it was reconstructed.     

On the inverse scattering method for the classical massive thirring model with anticommuting variables

The inverse scattering method is applied to the classical Grassman-valued massive Thirring model. In the framework of the method the existence of an infinity of both local and non-local conservation laws is established. It is shown that there are no simple solitons in the model.     

On N-wave type systems and their gauge equivalent

The class of nonlinear evolution equations (NLEE) - gauge equivalent to the N-wave equations related to the simple Lie algebra are derived and analyzed. They are written in terms of (x, t) ∈ satisfying r = rank nonlinear constraints. The corresponding Lax pairs and the time evolution of the scattering data are found. The Zakharov-Shabat dressing method is appropriately modified to construct their soliton solutions. Received 20 October 2001 / Received in final form 30 April 2002 Published online 2 October 2002 RID="a" ID="a"e-mail: gerjikov@inrne.bas.bg     

On some relations for the inverse blackbody radiation problem

Some relations between the area-temperature distribution of a blackbody and its radiated power spectrum are derived. These relations shall be useful in verifying the adequacy and the accuracy of the various procedures recently developed for the numerical solution of the inverse blackbody radiation problem.