Stability theory of solitary waves in the presence of symmetry. I (Q1109987)
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Stability theory of solitary waves in the presence of symmetry. I (English)
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1987
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Consider an abstract Hamiltonian system which is invariant under a one- parameter unitary group of operators. By a ``solitary wave'' we mean a solution the time development of which is given exactly by the one- parameter group. We find sharp conditions for the stability and instability of solitary waves. Applications are given to bound states and traveling waves of nonlinear PDEs such Klein-Gordon and Schrödinger equations.
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Hamiltonian system
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one-parameter unitary group
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solitary wave
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stability
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instability
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bound states
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traveling waves
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Klein-Gordon
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Schrödinger
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