Hidden solitons in the Zabusky-Kruskal experiment: analysis using the periodic, inverse scattering transform

DOI10.1016/J.MATCOM.2010.05.021zbMATH Open1251.35107arXiv0910.3345OpenAlexW2091952107WikidataQ59425624 ScholiaQ59425624MaRDI QIDQ435818FDOQ435818

Authors: Ivan C. Christov 

Publication date: 12 July 2012

Published in: Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Recent numerical work on the Zabusky--Kruskal experiment has revealed, amongst other things, the existence of hidden solitons in the wave profile. Here, using Osborne's nonlinear Fourier analysis, which is based on the periodic, inverse scattering transform, the hidden soliton hypothesis is corroborated, and the emph{exact} number of solitons, their amplitudes and their reference level is computed. Other "less nonlinear" oscillation modes, which are not solitons, are also found to have nontrivial energy contributions over certain ranges of the dispersion parameter. In addition, the reference level is found to be a non-monotone function of the dispersion parameter. Finally, in the case of large dispersion, we show that the one-term nonlinear Fourier series yields a very accurate approximate solution in terms of Jacobian elliptic functions.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0910.3345

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zbMATH Keywords

Korteweg-de Vries equationinverse scattering transformhidden solitonsnonlinear Fourier analysis

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Scattering theory for PDEs (35P25) Soliton equations (35Q51) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53)

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