We show that the Ablowitz-Ladik equation, which is an integrable form of the discretized nonlinear Schrödinger equation, has rogue wave solutions in the form of the rational solutions. We show that there is a hierarchy of rational solutions and we derive the two lowest-order ones using the Hirota technique. More generally, we present rational solutions for the discrete Hirota equation which inc...

The dynamics of the poles of the two–soliton solutions of the modified Korteweg–de Vries equation ut + 6u ux + uxxx = 0 are determined. A consequence of this study is the existence of classes of smooth, complex–valued solutions of this equation, defined for−∞ < x < ∞, exponentially decreasing to zero as |x| → ∞, that blow up in finite time.

An alternate generalized Korteweg-de Vries system is studied here. A procedure for generating solutions is given. A theorem is presented, which is subsequently applied to this equation to obtain a type of Bäcklund transformation for several specific cases of the power of the derivative term appearing in the equation. In the process, several interesting, new, ordinary, differential equations are...

The Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation with periodic boundary conditions is considered. The interaction of a periodic solitary wave (cnoidal wave) with high frequency radiation of finite energy (L-norm) is studied. It is proved that the interaction of low frequency component (cnoidal wave) and high frequency radiation is weak for finite time in the following sense: the radiation approximately sat...

Algebro-geometric Poisson brackets for real, finite-zone solutions of the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation were studied in [1]. The transfer of this theory to the Toda lattice and the sinh-Gordon equation is more or less obvious. The complex part of the finite-zone theory for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NS) and the sine-Gordon equation (SG) is analogous to KdV, but conditions that solut...

Abstract: Certain explicit solutions to the Korteweg-de Vries equation in the first quadrant of the xt-plane are presented. Such solutions involve algebraic combinations of truly elementary functions, and their initial values correspond to rational reflection coefficients in the associated Schrödinger equation. In the reflectionless case such solutions reduce to pure N -soliton solutions. An il...

We propose a new family of complex PT -symmetric extensions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation. The deformed equations can be associated to a sequence of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians. The first charges related to the conservation of mass, momentum and energy are constructed. We investigate solitary wave solutions of the equation of motion for various boundary conditions.

Whitham theory of modulations is developed for periodic waves described by nonlinear wave equations integrable by the inverse scattering transform method associated with 2 × 2 matrix or second order scalar spectral problems. The theory is illustrated by derivation of the Whitham equations for perturbed Korteweg-de Vries equation and nonlinear Schrödinger equation with linear damping.

We show how to descritize the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation in such a way as to preserve all the Lie point symmetries of the continuous differential equation. It is shown that, for a centered implicit scheme, there are at least two possible ways of doing so.

Considered herein is the stability problem of solitary wave solutions of a generalized Ostrovsky equation, which is a modification of the Korteweg-de Vries equation widely used to describe the effect of rotation on surface and internal solitary waves or capillary waves.