Asymptotic stability for KdV solitons in weighted spaces via iteration

Publication date 25 August 2015

Published in Illinois Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.6872, https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ijm/1436275493

Stability in context of PDEs (35B35) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to PDEs (35B40) Soliton equations (35Q51) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Soliton theory, asymptotic behavior of solutions of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37K40) Stability problems for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K45)

Abstract: In this paper, we reconsider the well-known result of Pego-Weinstein cite{MR1289328} that soliton solutions to the Korteweg-deVries equation are asymptotically stable in exponentially weighted spaces. In this work, we recreate this result in the setting of modern well-posedness function spaces. We obtain asymptotic stability in the exponentially weighted space via an iteration argument. Our purpose here is to lay the groundwork to use the

I

-method to obtain asymptotic stability below

H^{1}

, which will be done in a second, forthcoming paper cite{PR}. This will be possible because the exponential approach rate obtained here will defeat the polynomial loss in traditional applications of the

I

-method cite{MR1995945}, cite{MR1951312}, cite{pigottorb}.

Review text

It is well-known that soliton solutions to the Korteweg-de Vries equation: \[ u_t+u_{xxx}+\partial_x(u^2)=0, \] are asymptotically stable in exponentially weighted spaces, see \textit{R. L. Pego} and \textit{M. I. Weinstein} [Commun. Math. Phys. 164, No. 2, 305--349 (1994; Zbl 0805.35117)]. The aim of this paper is to reconsider the result of Pego and Weinstein. The authors establish local well-posedness for the exponentially weighted soliton perturbation in a space \(X^{1,1/2,1}\) which embeds into the Bourgain space \(X^1_b\), partially following the local well-posedness work of \textit{L. Molinet} and \textit{F. Ribaud} [Indiana Univ. Math. J. 50, No. 4, 1745--1776 (2001; Zbl 1101.35370)] on dispersive dissipative equations; see also [Int. Math. Res. Not. 2002, No. 37, 1979--2005 (2002; Zbl 1031.35126)], \textit{Z. Guo} and \textit{B. Wang} [J. Differ. Equations 246, No. 10, 3864--3901 (2009; Zbl 1170.35084)]. They then run an iteration scheme to establish global control of the perturbation in \(H^1\) and the exponentially weighted space \(H^1_a\), concluding that the soliton is exponentially asymptotically stable in \(H^1_a\). The purpose of this work is to modernize the techniques used in Pego-Weinstein so that the result can be used in concert with other modern techniques. In particular, in a forthcoming work [``Asymptotic stability for KdV solitons in weighted, Preprint, \url{arXiv:1410.6873}] the authors will combine this argument with the I-method to obtain asymptotic stability of solitons in the space \(H^s_a\).

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