Korteweg-de Vries and Nonlinear Schrödinger Equations: Qualitative Theory

ISBN-13: 9783540418337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 154 str.

Peter E. Zhidkov

Opis

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Spis treści

Introduction Notation Chapter 1. Evolutionary equations. Results on existance 1.1 The (generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdVE) 1.2 The nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NLSE) 1.3 On the blowing up of solutions 1.4 Additional remarks Chapter 2. Stationary problems 2.1 Existence of solutions. An ODE approach 2.2 Existence of solutions. A variational method 2.3 The concentration-compactness method of P.L. Lions 2.4 On basis properties of systems of solutions 2.5 Additional remarks Chapter 3. Stability of solutions 3.1 Stability of soliton-like solutions 3.2 Stability of kinks for the KdVE 3.3 Stability of solutions of the NLSE non-vanishing as (x) to infinity 3.4 Additional remarks Chapter 4. Invariant measures 4.1 On Gaussian measures in Hilbert spaces 4.2 An invariant measure for the NLSE 4.3 An infinite series of invariant measures for the KdVE 4.4 Additional remarks Bibliography Index