The implementation of the unified transform to the nonlinear Schrödinger equation with periodic initial conditions

DOI10.1007/S11005-021-01356-7zbMATH Open1466.35325arXiv2104.04857OpenAlexW3181324063MaRDI QIDQ829966FDOQ829966

Authors: Bernard Deconinck, A. S. Fokas, J. Lenells 

Publication date: 7 May 2021

Published in: Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The unified transform method (UTM) provides a novel approach to the analysis of initial-boundary value problems for linear as well as for a particular class of nonlinear partial differential equations called integrable. If the latter equations are formulated in two dimensions (either one space and one time, or two space dimensions), the UTM expresses the solution in terms of a matrix Riemann-Hilbert (RH) problem with explicit dependence on the independent variables. For nonlinear integrable evolution equations, such as the celebrated nonlinear Schr"odinger (NLS) equation, the associated jump matrices are computed in terms of the initial conditions and all boundary values. The unknown boundary values are characterized in terms of the initial datum and the given boundary conditions via the analysis of the so-called global relation. In general, this analysis involves the solution of certain nonlinear equations. In certain cases, called linearizable, it is possible to bypass this nonlinear step. In these cases, the UTM solves the given initial-boundary value problem with the same level of efficiency as the well-known inverse scattering transform solves the initial value problem on the infinite line. We show here that the initial-boundary value problem on a finite interval with $x$-periodic boundary conditions (which can alternatively be viewed as the initial value problem on a circle), belongs to the linearizable class. Indeed, by employing certain transformations of the associated RH problem and by using the global relation, the relevant jump matrices can be expressed explicitly in terms of the so-called scattering data, which are computed in terms of the initial datum. Details are given for NLS, but similar considerations are valid for other well-known integrable evolution equations, including the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) and modified KdV equations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.04857

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zbMATH Keywords

inverse scatteringperiodic solutionRiemann-Hilbert problemFokas methodintegrable evolution equationlinearizable boundary conditionfinite-gap solutionunified transform method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Periodic solutions to PDEs (35B10) Riemann-Hilbert problems in context of PDEs (35Q15) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Inverse spectral and scattering methods for infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37K15) Boundary value problems for nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G30)

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