A hyperasymptotic perturbative method for computing the radiation coefficient for weakly nonlocal solitary waves (Q1902642)

A weakly nonlocal solitary wave is a finite amplitude nondissipative wave which decays to a sinusoidal oscillation of amplitude \(\alpha\) at large distance from the core. A new computational method to calculate the radiation coefficient \(\alpha\) of the weakly nonlocal wave is presented for the limit if the amplitude \(\varepsilon\) of the core structure tends to zero. The multiple scales series for the solitary wave in powers of \(\varepsilon\) is asymptotic but divergent. Two ``hyperasymptotic'' approximations are described which add a second different asymptotic series to the multiple scales expansion so as to compute \(\alpha\) itself. Results of numerical calculation for the forced Korteweg-de Vries equation are given.