Dynamics of strongly interacting unstable two-solitons for generalized Korteweg-de Vries equations

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Authors: Jacek Jendrej 

Abstract: We consider the generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation $partia{l}_{t}u=-partia{l}_x(partia{l}_x^{2}u+f(u))$, where $f(u)$ is an odd function of class $C^3$. Under some assumptions on $f$, this equation admits emph{solitary waves}, that is solutions of the form $u(t,x)=Q_v(x-vt-x_0)$, for $v$ in some range $(0,v_{\ast })$. We study pure two-solitons in the case of the same limit speed, in other words global solutions $u(t)$ such that �egin{equation} label{eq:abstract} ag{$ast$} lim_{t oinfty}|u(t) - (Q_v(cdot - x_1(t)) pm Q_v(cdot - x_2(t)))|_{H^1} = 0, qquad ext{with}quadlim_{t o infty}x_2(t) - x_1(t) = infty. end{equation} Existence of such solutions is known for $f(u)=|u{|}^{p-1}u$ with $pinmathbbZsetminus5$ and $p>2$. We describe the~dynamical behavior of any solution satisfying eqref{eq:abstract} under the assumption that $Q_v$ is linearly unstable (which corresponds to $p>5$ for power nonlinearities). We prove that in this case the sign in eqref{eq:abstract} is necessarily "$+$", which corresponds to an attractive interaction. We also prove that the~distance $x_2(t)-x_1(t)$ between the solitons equals $frac2sqrtvlog(kappat)+o(1)$ for some $kappa=kappa(v)>0$.

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