Asymptotic stability of solitary waves
Asymptotic stability of solitary waves
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02101705
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发表时间:
1994-08
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
R. Pego;M. Weinstein
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作者:
R. Pego;M. Weinstein
We show that the family of solitary waves (1-solitons) of the Korteweg-de Vries equationis asymptotically stable. Our methods also apply for the solitary waves of a class of generalized Korteweg-de Vries equations,In particular, we study the case wheref(u)=up+1/(p+1),p=1, 2, 3 (and 3<p<4, foru>0, withf∈C4). The same asymptotic stability result for KdV is also proved for the casep=2 (the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation). We also prove asymptotic stability for the family of solitary waves for all but a finite number of values ofpbetween 3 and 4. (The solitary waves are known to undergo a transition from stability to instability as the parameterpincreases beyond the critical valuep=4.) The solution is decomposed into a modulating solitary wave, with time-varying speedc(t)and phase γ(t) (bound state part), and an infinite dimensional perturbation (radiating part). The perturbation is shown to decay exponentially in time, in a local sense relative to a frame moving with the solitary wave. Asp→4−, the local decay or radiation rate decreases due to the presence of aresonance poleassociated with the linearized evolution equation for solitary wave perturbations.