On initial data of the monopole equation

The space-time monopole equation is the reduction of anti-self-dual Yang-Mills equations in R2,2 to R2,1. This equation is a non-linear wave equation, and can be encoded in a Lax pair. An equivalent Lax pair is used by Dai and Terng to construct monopoles with continuous scattering data, and then the equation can be linearized by the scattering data, allowing one to use the inverse scattering method to solve the Cauchy problem with rapidly decaying small initial data. In this paper, we use the terminology of holomorphic bundle and transversality of certain maps, parametrized by initial data, to give more initial data, with which we can use scattering method to solve the Cauchy problem of the monopole equation up to gauge transformation.     

Time Evolution of the Scattering Data for the Forced Toda Lattice

Determination of the time evolution of the scattering data for an inverse scattering transform solution of the forced Toda lattice appears to require an overspecification of the boundary condition at the end of the lattice. This appears in the form of an apparent need to specify the values of two functions at the boundary rather than one. We present three different approaches to the resolution of this problem. One approach gives the Maclaurin series (in time) for the scattering data. The second approach gives the scattering data in terms of the solution to a nonlinear, nonlocal partial differential equation. The third approach gives the scattering data in terms of the solution to a linear integral equation. All three approaches reduce to one the number of functions which must be specified to determine a solution. The advantages and limitations of each approach are discussed.     

On the Inverse Scattering of the Time-Dependent Schrödinger Equation and the Associated Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (I) Equation

The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation, a two-spatial-dimensional analogue of the Korteweg-deVries equation, arises in physical situations in two different forms depending on a certain sign appearing in the evolution equation. Here we investigate one of the two cases. The initial-value problem, associated with initial data decaying sufficiently rapidly at infinity, is linearized by a suitable extension of the inverse scattering transform. Essential is the formulation of a nonlocal Riemann-Hilbert problem in terms of scattering data expressible in closed form in terms of given initial data. The lump solutions, algebraically decaying solitons, are given a definite spectral characterization. Pure lump solutions are obtained by solving a linear algebraic system whose coefficients depend linearly on x, y, t. Many of the above results are also relevant to the problem of inverse scattering for the so-called time-dependent Schrödinger equation.     

Inverse scattering problem for Sturm–Liouville operator with nonlinear dependence on the spectral parameter in the boundary condition

The inverse problem of the scattering theory for Sturm–Liouville operator on the half line with boundary condition depending quadratic on the spectral parameter is considered. Scattering data are defined, some properties of the scattering data are examined, the main equation is obtained, solvability of the integral equation is proved and uniqueness of algorithm to the potential with given scattering data is studied. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Acoustic Scattering and the Extended Korteweg– de Vries Hierarchy

The acoustic scattering operator on the real line is mapped to a Schrödinger operator under the Liouville transformation. The potentials in the image are characterized precisely in terms of their scattering data, and the inverse transfor- mation is obtained as a simple, linear quadrature. An existence theorem for the associated Harry Dym flows is proved, using the scattering method. The scattering problem associated with the Camassa–Holm flows on the real line is solved explicitly for a special case, which is used to reduce a general class of such problems to scattering problems on finite intervals.     

Characterization of the scattering data for the Sturm–Liouville operator

This work studies the scattering problem on the real axis for the Sturm–Liouville equation with discontinuous leading coefficient and the real‐valued steplike potential q(x) that has different constant asymptotes as x → ± ∞ . We investigate the properties of the scattering data, obtain the main integral equations of the inverse scattering problem, and also give necessary and sufficient conditions characterizing the scattering data. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The point source method for inverse scattering in the time domain

Many recent inverse scattering techniques have been designed for single frequency scattered fields in the frequency domain. In practice, however, the data is collected in the time domain. Frequency domain inverse scattering algorithms obviously apply to time‐harmonic scattering, or nearly time‐harmonic scattering, through application of the Fourier transform. Fourier transform techniques can also be applied to non‐time‐harmonic scattering from pulses. Our goal here is twofold: first, to establish conditions on the time‐dependent waves that provide a correspondence between time domain and frequency domain inverse scattering via Fourier transforms without recourse to the conventional limiting amplitude principle; secondly, we apply the analysis in the first part of this work toward the extension of a particular scattering technique, namely the point source method, to scattering from the requisite pulses. Numerical examples illustrate the method and suggest that reconstructions from admissible pulses deliver superior reconstructions compared to straight averaging of multi‐frequency data. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Construction of scattering operators by the method of binary Darboux transformations

By using the binary Darboux transformations, we construct scattering operators for a Dirac system with special potential depending on 2n arbitrary functions of a single variable. It is shown that one of the operators coincides with the scattering operator obtained by Nyzhnyk in the case of degenerate scattering data. It is also demonstrated that the scattering operator for the Dirac system is either obtained as a composition of three Darboux self-transformations or factorized by two operators of binary transformations of special form. We also consider several cases of reduction of these operators. __________ Translated from Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 58, No. 8, pp. 1097–1115, August, 2006.     

Continuity of the scattering function and Levinson‐type formula of Klein–Gordon equation

We considered the inverse problem of scattering theory for a boundary value problem on the half line generated by Klein–Gordon differential equation with a nonlinear spectral parameter‐dependent boundary condition. We defined the scattering data, and we proved the continuity of the scattering function S(λ); in a special case, the relation for the difference of the logarithm of the scattering function, which is called the Levinson‐type formula, was obtained. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The Cauchy Problem for the Kadomtsev–Petviashili II Equation with Nondecaying Data along a Line

The initial value problem for the Kadomstev–Petviashvili II (KPII) equation is considered with given data that are nondecaying along a line. The associated direct and inverse scattering of the two-dimensional heat equation is constructed. The direct problem is formulated in terms of a bounded Green's function. The inverse data are decomposed into scattering data along the line and     data from the decaying portion of the potential. The solution of the KPII equation is then obtained via coupled linear integral equations.     

Evolution of the Scattering Coefficients of the Camassa–Holm Equation, for General Initial Data

We consider the Camassa–Holm equation for general initial data, particularly when the potential in the scattering problem of the Lax pair, m +κ, becomes negative over a finite region. We show that the direct scattering problem of the eigenvalue problem of the Lax pair for this equation may be solved by dividing the spatial infinite interval into a union of separate intervals. Inside each of these intervals, the initial potential is uniformly either positive or negative. Due to this, one can define Jost functions inside each interval, each of which will have a uniform asymptotic form. We then demonstrate that one can obtain the t -evolution of the scattering coefficients of the scattering matrix of each interval. In the process, we also demonstrate that the evolution of the zeros of m +κ can be given entirely in terms of limits of the scattering coefficients at singular points.     

Inverse scattering problem for nonstationary Dirac-type systems on the plane

In this paper the forward and inverse scattering problems for the nonstationary Dirac-type systems on the plane are considered. The scattering data for the inverse scattering problem (ISP) is defined and a unique restoration of the potential from the scattering data is proved.     

On the Inverse Scattering Problem for Cubic Eigenvalue Problems of the Class ψxxx + 6Qψx + 6Rψ = λψ

The inverse scattering problem for cubic eigenvalue equations of the form ψ_xxx + 6Qψ_x + 6R_ψ = λψ is outlined and formally solved. Many properties of the scattering data are obtained, the continuous spectrum is briefly discussed, special one soliton solutions are obtained, and the infinity of conserved quantities are determined in terms of the scattering data.     

Recovering asymptotics of metrics from fixed energy scattering data

The problem of recovering the asymptotics of a short range perturbation of the Euclidean metric on Rⁿ from fixed energy scattering data is studied. It is shown that if two such metrics, g₁,g₂, have scattering data at some fixed energy which are equal up to smoothing, then there exists a diffeomorphism N 'fixing infinity' such that N^*g₁-g₂ is rapidly decreasing. Given the scattering matrix at two energies, it is shown that the asymptotics of a metric and a short range potential can be determined simultaneously. These results also hold for a wide class of scattering manifolds.     

Scattering data for the nonstationary Dirac equation

The existence of indeterminacy in the choice of scattering data for the auxiliary linear system for the Davey-Stewartson I-equation is noted. A connection is established between different scattering data and the corresponding conjugation matrix for the nonlocal Riemann problem.Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 164, pp. 170–175, 1987.     

Solution of the Cauchy problem for the Boiti-Leon-Pempinelli equation

The Cauchy problem for the (2+1)-dimensional nonlinear Boiti-Leon-Pempinelli (BLP) equation is studied within the framework of the inverse problem method. Evolution equations generated by the system of BLP equations under study are derived for the resolvent, Jost solutions, and scattering data for the two-dimensional Klein-Gordon differential operator with variable coefficients. Additional conditions on the scattering data that ensure the stability of the solutions to the Cauchy problem are revealed. A recurrence procedure is suggested for constructing the polynomial integrals of motion and the generating function for these integrals in terms of the spectral data.Translated from Teoreticheskaya i Matematicheskaya Fizika, Vol. 109, No. 2, pp. 163–174, November, 1996.     

Explicit Complex-Valued Solutions of the Korteweg–de Vries Equation on the Half-Line and on the Whole-Line

The paper deals with the initial-value problems for the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equations on the half-line and on the whole-line for complex-valued measurable and exponentially decreasing potentials. The time evolution equation for the reflection coefficient is derived and then a one-to-one correspondence between the scattering data and the solution of the KdV equation is shown. Families of exact solutions of the KdV equation are represented for the class of reflection-free potentials, in which the inverse scattering problem associated with the KdV equation can be solved exactly. Some helpful examples of soliton solutions of the KdV equation are provided.     

Inverse problem of scattering theory for a class one-dimensional Schrödinger equation

Abstract

In this work, direct and inverse scattering problem on the real axis for the Schrödinger equation with piecewise-constant coefficient are studied. Using the new integral representations for solutions, the scattering data is defined, the main integral equations of the inverse scattering problem are obtained, the spectral characteristics of the scattering data are investigated and uniqueness theorem for the solution of inverse problem is proved.     

Evolution of the scattering data under the classical Darboux transform forsu(2) soliton systems

The changing of the scattering data for the solutions ofsu(2) soliton systems which are related by a classical Darboux transformation (CDT) is obtained. It is shown that how a CDT creates and erases a soliton.