Partial Differential Equations/Mathematical Physics
Riemann–Hilbert approach for the Camassa–Holm equation on the line
[L'équation de Camassa–Holm sur la droite par la méthode de Riemann–Hilbert]
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 343 (2006) no. 10, pp. 627-632.

Nous étudions par la méthode de « Riemann–Hilbert » le problème de Cauchy pour l'équation de Camassa–Holm (CH) sur la droite : ututxx+2ωux+3uux=2uxuxx+uuxxx. Nous obtenons que : (i) pour tout ω>0, la solution du problème de Cauchy s'exprime de façon paramétrique en termes de la solution d'un problème de Riemann–Hilbert associé ; (ii) cette solution a pour asymptotique, pour t grand, un train de solitons lisses ; (iii) pour ω0, ce train de solitons tend vers un train de « peakons », solutions lisses par morceaux de l'équation CH pour ω=0.

We present a Riemann–Hilbert problem formalism for the initial value problem for the Camassa–Holm equation ututxx+2ωux+3uux=2uxuxx+uuxxx on the line (CH). We show that: (i) for all ω>0, the solution of this problem can be obtained in a parametric form via the solution of some associated Riemann–Hilbert problem; (ii) for large time, it develops into a train of smooth solitons; (iii) for small ω, this soliton train is close to a train of peakons, which are piecewise smooth solutions of the CH equation for ω=0.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crma.2006.10.014
Boutet de Monvel, Anne 1 ; Shepelsky, Dmitry 2

1 Institut de mathématiques de Jussieu, case 7012, université Paris 7, 2, place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France
2 Institute for Low Temperature Physics, 47 Lenin Avenue, 61103 Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Boutet de Monvel, Anne; Shepelsky, Dmitry. Riemann–Hilbert approach for the Camassa–Holm equation on the line. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 343 (2006) no. 10, pp. 627-632. doi : 10.1016/j.crma.2006.10.014. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1016/j.crma.2006.10.014/

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