Extreme superposition: rogue waves of infinite order and the Painlevé-III hierarchy

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Abstract: We study the fundamental rogue wave solutions of the focusing nonlinear Schr"odinger equation in the limit of large order. Using a recently-proposed Riemann-Hilbert representation of the rogue wave solution of arbitrary order k, we establish the existence of a limiting profile of the rogue wave in the large-k limit when the solution is viewed in appropriate rescaled variables capturing the near-field region where the solution has the largest amplitude. The limiting profile is a new particular solution of the focusing nonlinear Schr"odinger equation in the rescaled variables --- the rogue wave of infinite order --- which also satisfies ordinary differential equations with respect to space and time. The spatial differential equations are identified with certain members of the Painlev'e-III hierarchy. We compute the far-field asymptotic behavior of the near-field limit solution and compare the asymptotic formulae with the exact solution with the help of numerical methods for solving Riemann-Hilbert problems. In a certain transitional region for the asymptotics the near field limit function is described by a specific globally-defined tritronqu'ee solution of the Painlev'e-II equation. These properties lead us to regard the rogue wave of infinite order as a new special function.



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