Multisolitons are the unique constrained minimizers of the KdV conserved quantities

DOI10.1007/S00526-023-02534-2zbMATH Open1519.35275arXiv2206.09050OpenAlexW4383736529MaRDI QIDQ6176103FDOQ6176103

Authors: Thierry Laurens 

Publication date: 25 July 2023

Published in: Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the following variational problem: minimize the $(n+1)$st polynomial conserved quantity of KdV over $H^n(mathbbR)$ with the first $n$ conserved quantities constrained. Maddocks and Sachs used that $n$-solitons are local minimizers for this problem in order to prove that $n$-solitons are orbitally stable in $H^n(mathbbR)$. Given $n$ constraints that are attainable by an $n$-soliton, we show that there is a unique set of $n$ amplitude parameters so that the corresponding multisolitons satisfy the constraints. Moreover, we prove that these multisolitons are the unique global constrained minimizers. We then use this variational characterization to provide a new proof of the orbital stability result of Maddocks and Sachs via concentration compactness. In the case when the constraints can be attained by functions in $H^n(mathbbR)$ but not by an $n$-soliton, we discover new behavior for minimizing sequences.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.09050

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zbMATH Keywords

variational problemKorteweg-de Vries (KdV) equationconstrained minimizers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Soliton solutions (35C08) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Variational inequalities (49J40) PDE constrained optimization (numerical aspects) (49M41)

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