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3 LONG-TIME ASYMPTOTICS FOR THE KORTEWEG–DE VRIES EQUATION WITH STEPLIKE INITIAL DATA

Iryna Egorova, Zoya Gladka, Gerald Teschl

2013 · 56 citations · 23 references

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Abstract

Abstract. We apply the method of nonlinear steepest descent to compute the long-time asymptotics of the Korteweg–de Vries equation with steplike initial data. 1.

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