Three-Phase Solutions of the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili Equation |
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Authors: | B A Dubrovin Ron Flickinger Harvey Segur |
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Institution: | Sissa, Trieste, Italy; Evolving Video Technologies, Arvada, CO; University of Colorado, Boulder |
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Abstract: | The Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation is known to admit explicit periodic and quasiperiodic solutions with N independent phases, for any integer N , based on a Riemann theta-function of N variables. For N =1 and 2, these solutions have been used successfully in physical applications. This article addresses mathematical problems that arise in the computation of theta-functions of three variables and with the corresponding solutions of the KP equation. We identify a set of parameters and their corresponding ranges, such that every real-valued, smooth KP solution associated with a Riemann theta-function of three variables corresponds to exactly one choice of these parameters in the proper range. Our results are embodied in a program that computes these solutions efficiently and that is available to the reader. We also discuss some properties of three-phase solutions. |
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