Direct Scattering of the Focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Step-like Oscillatory Initial Data

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Auteurs principaux: Grava, Tamara, Jenkins, Robert, Zhang, Xiaofan, Zhang, Zechuan
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author Grava, Tamara
Jenkins, Robert
Zhang, Xiaofan
Zhang, Zechuan
author_facet Grava, Tamara
Jenkins, Robert
Zhang, Xiaofan
Zhang, Zechuan
contents In this manuscript we set up the direct and inverse scattering problems for step-like traveling-wave solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Specifically, we consider initial data $u(x,0)$ satisfying $u(x,0)\to u_0^\ell(x)$ as $x\to-\infty$ and $u(x,0)\to u_0^r(x)$ as $x\to+\infty$, where $u_0^\ell(x)$ and $u_0^r(x)$ are elliptic traveling waves. Under suitable assumptions on the initial data we formulate the direct scattering problem and establish analytic properties of the scattering data. We then formulate the inverse problem as a Riemann--Hilbert problem and prove its solvability. Finally, we observe that this Riemann--Hilbert formulation is a special case of the one arising for full soliton-gas initial data.
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spellingShingle Direct Scattering of the Focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Step-like Oscillatory Initial Data
Grava, Tamara
Jenkins, Robert
Zhang, Xiaofan
Zhang, Zechuan
Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
35Q55, 37K15, 35P25
In this manuscript we set up the direct and inverse scattering problems for step-like traveling-wave solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Specifically, we consider initial data $u(x,0)$ satisfying $u(x,0)\to u_0^\ell(x)$ as $x\to-\infty$ and $u(x,0)\to u_0^r(x)$ as $x\to+\infty$, where $u_0^\ell(x)$ and $u_0^r(x)$ are elliptic traveling waves. Under suitable assumptions on the initial data we formulate the direct scattering problem and establish analytic properties of the scattering data. We then formulate the inverse problem as a Riemann--Hilbert problem and prove its solvability. Finally, we observe that this Riemann--Hilbert formulation is a special case of the one arising for full soliton-gas initial data.
title Direct Scattering of the Focusing Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with Step-like Oscillatory Initial Data
topic Analysis of PDEs
Mathematical Physics
35Q55, 37K15, 35P25
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.02855