A Hamiltonian–Krein (Instability) Index Theory for Solitary Waves to KdV‐Like Eigenvalue Problems
A Hamiltonian–Krein (Instability) Index Theory for Solitary Waves to KdV‐Like Eigenvalue Problems
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孤立波到 KdV 类特征值问题的 Hamiltonian-Krein(不稳定性)指数理论
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2014
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通讯作者:
A. Stefanov
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T. Kapitula;A. Stefanov
The Hamiltonian–Krein (instability) index is concerned with determining the number of eigenvalues with positive real part for the Hamiltonian eigenvalue problem JLu=λu , where J is skew‐symmetric and L is self‐adjoint. If J has a bounded inverse the index is well established, and it is given by the number of negative eigenvalues of the operator L constrained to act on some finite‐codimensional subspace. There is an important class of problems—namely, those of KdV‐type—for which J does not have a bounded inverse. In this paper, we overcome this difficulty and derive the index for eigenvalue problems of KdV‐type. We use the index to discuss the spectral stability of homoclinic traveling waves for KdV‐like problems and Benjamin—Bona—Mahony‐type problems.