Abstract We prove local existence and uniqueness of solutions of the focusing modified Korteweg de Vries equation ut+u 2 ux+uxxx = 0 in classes of unbounded functions that admit an asymptotic expansion at infinity in decreasing powers of x. We show that an asymptotic solution differs from a genuine solution by a smooth function that is of Schwartz class with respect to x and that solves a gener...

A method is given for finding the shifts in position of the solitons for the case of nonzero reflection coefficient. Expressions for boost generators in terms of scattering data play a prominent role in the analysis. Phase-shift formulas which show the effect of the radiation component on the soliton motion are deduced for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation, the Korteweg —de Vries equation, and...

A completely integrable partial differential equation is one which has a Lax representation, or, more precisely, can be solved via a linear integral equation of Gel'fand-Levitan type, the classic example being the Korteweg-de Vries equation. An ordinary differential equation is of Painlev type if the only singularities of its solutions in the complex plane are poles. It is shown that, under cer...

In this paper, we study the possible second order Lax operators for all the possible (1+1)-dimensional models with Schwarz variants and some special types of high dimensional models. It is shown that for every (1+1)-dimensional model and some special types of high dimensional models which possess Schwarz variants may have a second order Lax pair. The explicit Lax pairs for (1+1)-dimensional Kor...

An elementary yet remarkable similarity between the Cole-Hopf transformation relating the Burgers and heat equation and Miura's transformation connecting the KdV and mKdV equations is studied in detail. 1. Introduction Our aim in this note is to display the close similarity between the well-known Cole{Hopf transformation relating the Burgers and the heat equation, and the celebrated Miura trans...

Abstract. A broad set of sufficient conditions consisting of systems of linear partial differential equations is presented which guarantees that the Wronskian determinant solves the Korteweg-de Vries equation in the bilinear form. A systematical analysis is made for solving the resultant linear systems of second-order and third-order partial differential equations, along with solution formulas ...

In this paper we establish a method to obtain the stability of periodic travelling-wave solutions for equations of Korteweg–de Vries-type ut + uux − Mux = 0, with M being a general pseudodifferential operator and where p ≥ 1 is an integer. Our approach uses the theory of totally positive operators, the Poisson summation theorem, and the theory of Jacobi elliptic functions. In particular we obta...