Combinatorics of KP solitons from the real Grassmannian

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-39485-0_8zbMATH Open1317.37087arXiv1205.1101OpenAlexW1903882164MaRDI QIDQ5261557FDOQ5261557

Authors: Yuji Kodama, Lauren K. Williams 

Publication date: 6 July 2015

Published in: Algebras, Quivers and Representations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Given a point A in the real Grassmannian, it is well-known that one can construct a soliton solution u_A(x,y,t) to the KP equation. The contour plot of such a solution provides a tropical approximation to the solution when the variables x, y, and t are considered on a large scale and the time t is fixed. In this paper we give an overview of our work on the combinatorics of such contour plots. Using the positroid stratification and the Deodhar decomposition of the Grassmannian (and in particular the combinatorics of Go-diagrams), we completely describe the asymptotics of these contour plots when |y| or |t| go to infinity. Other highlights include: a surprising connection with total positivity and cluster algebras; results on the inverse problem; and the characterization of regular soliton solutions -- that is, a soliton solution u_A(x,y,t) is regular for all times t if and only if A comes from the totally non-negative part of the Grassmannian.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.1101

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zbMATH Keywords

combinatoricssoliton solutionKP equationpositroid stratificationDeodhar decompositionreal GrassmannianGo-diagrams

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Combinatorial aspects of representation theory (05E10) Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Soliton theory, asymptotic behavior of solutions of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems (37K40) Relationships between algebraic curves and integrable systems (14H70) Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with algebraic geometry, complex analysis, and special functions (37K20)

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