Chaotic perturbations of KdV equations. I: Rational solutions (Q1822276)

The paper deals with the perturbed Korteweg-de Vries equation \[ (1)\quad u_ t=u_{xxx}+6uu_ x+\epsilon \rho (t)H(u_ x) \] where H is the Hilbert transform. The author lists the main theorems and lemmas the proofs of which will be published elsewhere. For example it is stated that the equation (1) has rational pole- solutions of the form \[ u(x,t)=2\sum^{n}_{k=1}(x-x_ k(t))^{-2}; \] the KdV flow of rational pole-functions forms the homoclinic orbit of the n-body flow; a McGehee-type transformation reveals a 3m-fold hyperbolic point at infinity; there exists a hyperbolic set in \(R^{6m}\) on which the perturbed KdV flow of rational pole-solutions is invariant and topologically conjugate to shift on two symbols; the rational pole- solutions of the perturbed KdV equation can have any number of poles in the range m to 3m.