Special singularity function for continuous part of the spectral data in the associated eigenvalue problem for nonlinear equations (Q2865455)

The inverse scattering transform is a very common tool to solve non-linear partial differential equations. It is in some sense a generalization of the Fourier transformation. Unlike for Fourier transformation, very few didactic textbooks on inverse scattering seem to exist. Therefore, the following example to describe the procedure for finding the solutions of the special Vakhnenko-Parkes equation NEWLINE\[NEWLINEW_{XXT}+(1+W_T)W_X=0NEWLINE\]NEWLINE by means of the inverse scattering method could be of interest. The associated eigenvalue problem is devoted to a continuous spectrum. The suggested special form of the singularity function for the continuous part of the spectral data gives rise to the multi-mode solutions. Sufficient conditions in order that these solutions become real functions are proved, as well as real periodic \(N\)-mode solutions.