Stability of dnoidal waves to Hirota-Satsuma system. (Q976615)

This work is concerned with nonlinear stability properties of periodic travelling wave solutions of the Hirota-Satsuma system \[ \begin{cases} u_t+u_{xxx}+6u_xu=2bvv_x\\ v_t+v_{xxx}+3uv_x=0 \end{cases} \] posed in \(\mathbb R\) with \(b>0\). It is proved that this system is globally well posed in \(L^2_{per}([0,L])\times H^1_{per}([0,L])\) by using Bourgain's space framework. Also, the existence of at least two nontrivial smooth curves of periodic travelling wave solutions depending on the classical Jacobian elliptic functions is shown. Dnoidal and cnoidal wave solutions are found. Then, the nonlinear stability of the dnoidal waves solutions in the energy space \(L^2_{per}([0,L])\times H^1_{per}([0,L])\) is proved. Floquet theory is used to obtain a detailed spectral analysis of the Jacobian form of Lamé's equation which is required in the stability theory.