Small amplitude traveling waves in the full-dispersion Whitham equation (Q2297207): Difference between revisions

In this paper, the authors provide an alternative way to construct small amplitude traveling waves in both periodic and whole line contexts for the following sort of pseudo-differential equations of Whitham type: \[ u_t+(Lu+n(u))_x=0,\quad u=u(x,t)\in \mathbb{R},\quad x\in \mathbb{R} \quad \text{and} \quad t\in \mathbb{R}, \] where $n : \mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is purely nonlinear, $L$ is a Fourier multiplier operator with symbol $m$, that is \[ \widehat{Lf}(k)=m(k)\widehat{f}(k), \] $\widehat{f}(k)$ is the Fourier transform of $f(x)$, and \[ m(k)=\sqrt{\tanh(k)/k}, \quad n(u)=u^2. \] A rescaling of the problem, together with some Fourier analysis reformulates the problem in such a way that the governing equations for the traveling waves are small and regular perturbations of well-understood ordinary differential equations. By using an implicit function theorem, the authors show the existence of solutions when the scaling parameter is small. Moreover, they establish rigorous spectral stability of these waves.