On the uniqueness of multi-breathers of the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation (Q6172758)

Summary: We consider the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation, and prove that given any sum \(P\) of solitons and breathers (with distinct velocities), there exists a solution \(p\) such that \(p ( t ) - P ( t ) \to 0\) when \(t \to +\infty\), which we call multi-breather. In order to do this, we work at the \(H^2\) level (even if usually solitons are considered at the \(H^1\) level). We will show that this convergence takes place in any \(H^s\) space and that this convergence is exponentially fast in time. We also show that the constructed multi-breather is unique in two cases: in the class of solutions which converge to the profile \(P\) faster than the inverse of a polynomial of a large enough degree in time (we will call this a super polynomial convergence), or when all the velocities are positive (without any hypothesis on the convergence rate).