Symmetry classification of quasi-linear PDE's containing arbitrary functions

On deformations of quasi-Miura transformations and the Dubrovin-Zhang bracket

In our recent paper we proved the polynomiality of a Poisson bracket for a class of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems of PDE's associated to semi-simple Frobenius structures. In the conformal (homogeneous) case, these systems are exactly the hierarchies of Dubrovin-Zhang, and the bracket is the first Poisson structure of their hierarchy. Our approach was based on a very involved computation of a deformation formula for the bracket with respect to the Givental-Y.-P. Lee Lie algebra action. In this paper, we discuss the structure of that deformation formula. In particular, we reprove it u…

On critical behavior in nonlinear evolutionary PDEs with small viscosity

We address the problem of general dissipative regularization of the quasilinear transport equation. We argue that the local behavior of solutions to the regularized equation near the point of gradient catastrophe for the transport equation is described by the logarithmic derivative of the Pearcey function, a statement generalizing the result of A.M.Il'in. We provide some analytic arguments supporting such conjecture and test it numerically.

Remarks on intersection numbers and integrable hierarchies. I. Quasi-triviality

Explicit expression for quasi-triviality of scalar non-linear PDE is under consideration.

On Properties of Hamiltonian Structures for a Class of Evolutionary PDEs

In \cite{LZ2} it is proved that for certain class of perturbations of the hyperbolic equation $u_t=f(u) u_x$, there exist changes of coordinate, called quasi-Miura transformations, that reduce the perturbed equations to the unperturbed one. We prove in the present paper that if in addition the perturbed equations possess Hamiltonian structures of certain type, the same quasi-Miura transformations also reduce the Hamiltonian structures to their leading terms. By applying this result, we obtain a criterion of the existence of Hamiltonian structures for a class of scalar evolutionary PDEs and an …

Renormalization Group and the Melnikov Problem for PDE's

We give a new proof of persistence of quasi-periodic, low dimensional elliptic tori in infinite dimensional systems. The proof is based on a renormalization group iteration that was developed recently in [BGK] to address the standard KAM problem, namely, persistence of invariant tori of maximal dimension in finite dimensional, near integrable systems. Our result covers situations in which the so called normal frequencies are multiple. In particular, it provides a new proof of the existence of small-amplitude, quasi-periodic solutions of nonlinear wave equations with periodic boundary condition…

A formula for symmetry recursion operators from non-variational symmetries of partial differential equations

An explicit formula to find symmetry recursion operators for partial differential equations (PDEs) is obtained from new results connecting variational integrating factors and non-variational symmetries. The formula is special case of a general formula that produces a pre-symplectic operator from a non-gradient adjoint-symmetry. These formulas are illustrated by several examples of linear PDEs and integrable nonlinear PDEs. Additionally, a classification of quasilinear second-order PDEs admitting a multiplicative symmetry recursion operator through the first formula is presented.

On a class of second-order PDEs admitting partner symmetries

Recently we have demonstrated how to use partner symmetries for obtaining noninvariant solutions of heavenly equations of Plebanski that govern heavenly gravitational metrics. In this paper, we present a class of scalar second-order PDEs with four variables, that possess partner symmetries and contain only second derivatives of the unknown. We present a general form of such a PDE together with recursion relations between partner symmetries. This general PDE is transformed to several simplest canonical forms containing the two heavenly equations of Plebanski among them and two other nonlinear e…

利用本征能量对理想MHD波进行精确非线性分解 III：重力、广义非齐次准线性偏微分方程、模式转换与数值实现

Exact Nonlinear Decomposition of Ideal-MHD Waves Using Eigenenergies III: Gravity, Generalized Inhomogeneous Quasi-linear PDEs, Mode Conversion, and Numerical Implementation

本研究将此前提出的本征能量分解方法（EEDM）拓展至含重力的非齐次理想MHD情形，给出广义非齐次准线性偏微分方程的分解指引，验证了其测量非线性模式转换的功能，补充了数值应用的相关说明与误差讨论。

On the Quasi-Linear Elliptic PDE $-\nabla\cdot(\nabla{u}/\sqrt{1-|\nabla{u}|^2}) = 4π\sum_k a_k δ_{s_k}$ in Physics and Geometry

It is shown that for each finite number of Dirac measures supported at points $s_n$ in three-dimensional Euclidean space, with given amplitudes $a_n$, there exists a unique real-valued Lipschitz function $u$, vanishing at infinity, which distributionally solves the quasi-linear elliptic partial differential equation of divergence form $-\nabla\cdot(\nabla{u}/\sqrt{1-|\nabla{u}|^2})=4π\sum_{n=1}^N a_n δ_{s_n}$. Moreover, $u$ is real analytic away from the $s_n$. The result can be interpreted in at least two ways: (a) for any number of point charges of arbitrary magnitude and sign at prescribed …

Local Well Posedness of Quasi-Linear Systems Generalizing KdV

In this article we prove local well-posedness of quasilinear dispersive systems of PDE generalizing KdV. These results adapt the ideas of Kenig- Ponce-Vega from the Quasi-Linear Schrödinger equations to the third order dispersive problems. The main ingredient of the proof is a local smoothing estimate for a general linear problem that allows us to proceed via the artificial viscosity method.

A new scheme of integrability for (bi)Hamiltonian PDE

We develop a new method for constructing integrable Hamiltonian hierarchies of Lax type equations, which combines the fractional powers technique of Gelfand and Dickey, and the classical Hamiltonian reduction technique of Drinfeld and Sokolov. The method is based on the notion of an Adler type matrix pseudodifferential operator and the notion of a generalized quasideterminant. We also introduce the notion of a dispersionless Adler type series, which is applied to the study of dispersionless Hamiltonian equations. Non-commutative Hamiltonian equations are discussed in this framework as well.

More On Generalized Symmetries of Partial Differential Equations and Quasiexact Solvability

For the class of systems of PDEs, for which infinitesimal translations (with respect to some (in)dependent variables) possess specific finite-dimensional invariant subspaces of the space of generalized symmetries of the system considered. We establish when there exist generalized symmetries from these subspaces, which depend from the above-mentioned variables.