Modified energy functionals and the NLS approximation (Q525517)
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Modified energy functionals and the NLS approximation (English)
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5 May 2017
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The authors consider the relation between 2D water wave problems and nonlinear Schrödinger equations. In 2D water wave problems, one studies the irrotational flow of a homogeneous and inviscid fluid. One considers the following model system: \[ \partial_t u(x,t)=\Omega v, \;\partial_t u(x,t)=\Omega u +\Omega (u^2 ). \] Here \(\Omega\) is defined by \(\widehat{\Omega u}(x,t)=i\mathrm{ sgn}\!\;(k)\sqrt{k\mathrm{ tanh }\!\;k}\hat u (k,t)\) using the Fourier transform (Here \(k\) denote the dual variables of \(x\)). On the other hand, one considers the solution \(A(X,T)\) of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation \[ \partial_T A(X,T)=i\nu_1 \partial^2_X A+i\nu_2 A|A|^2 \] for some constants \(\nu_j =\nu_j (k_0 )\) and a small parameter \(\epsilon\). Considering the Cauchy problems for these two equations, the authors prove that the solution \((u(x,t),v(x,t))\) to the former problem is approximated by \[ \epsilon\Psi_{NLS} =\epsilon A(\epsilon (x+c_0 t),\epsilon^2 t)e^{i(k_0 x+\omega_0 t)}\phi (k_0 ) \] using the solution \(A(X,T)\) to the latter one and a vector \(\phi (k_0 )\in\mathbb{C}^2\). One of the authors studied this problem previously, and the present article improves the former result by using an energy method.
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modulation equation
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nonlinear Schrödinger equation
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