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Asymptotic analysis of the Korteweg-de Vries equation by the nonlinear WKB technique

MMC.
2021;
Volume 8, Number 3
: pp. 368–378
https://doi.org/10.23939/mmc2021.03.368
Received: March 05, 2021
Accepted: June 19, 2021

Mathematical Modeling and Computing, Vol. 8, No. 3, pp. 368–378 (2021)

Authors:
  1. S. I. Lyashko
  2. V. H. Samoilenko
  3. Yu. I. Samoilenko
  4. N. I. Lyashko
1
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
2
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
3
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv
4
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv

The paper deals with the Korteweg-de Vries equation with variable coefficients and a small parameter at the highest derivative.  The non-linear WKB technique has been used to construct the asymptotic step-like solution to the equation.  Such a solution contains regular and singular parts of the asymptotics.  The regular part of the solution describes the background of the wave process, while its singular part reflects specific features associated with soliton properties.  The singular part of the searched asymptotic solution has the main term that, like the soliton solution, is the quickly decreasing function of the phase variable $\tau$. In contrast, other terms do not possess this property.  An algorithm of constructing asymptotic step-like solutions to the singularly perturbed Korteweg--de Vries equation with variable coefficients is presented.  In some sense, the constructed asymptotic solution is similar to the soliton solution to the Korteweg-de Vries equation \(u_t+uu_x+u_{xxx}=0\). Statement on the accuracy of the main term of the asymptotic solution is proven.

Korteweg-de Vries equation
nonlinear WKB technique
asymptotic analysis
singular perturbation
soliton
asymptotic solution
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