The Harry Dym equation on the complex plane: Inverse spectral transform and exact solutions (Q1918831)

Here, we study the \(HD_\mathbb{C}\) equation \[ q_t= 2\Biggl( {1\over \sqrt{1+ q}}\Biggr)_{zzz} \] on the complex plane \((z\in\mathbb{C})\) by the inverse spectral transform (IST) method. The initial value problem is solved by the \(\overline\partial\)-method for the solutions \(q\) which decay suffuciently fast as \(|z|\to \infty\). It is shown that the \(HD_\mathbb{C}\) eigenfunction introduced in a standard manner has an essential singularity at the origin of the plane of spectral parameter. The renormalization of this eigenfunction allows us to eliminate this essential singularity but the implicity of the corresponding formulae arises as a penalty. We show also that the \(HD_\mathbb{C}\) equation can be embedded into the framework of the \(\overline\partial\)-dressing method in a manner which is free of essential singularity.