Nonexistence results for the Korteweg-deVries and Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equations

dc.creatorJoshi, Nalini
dc.creatorPetersen, Johannes A.
dc.creatorSchubert, Luke M.
dc.date1999-05-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:17:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:17:49Z
dc.descriptionWe study characteristic Cauchy problems for the Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation $u_t=uu_x+u_{xxx}$, and the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili (KP) equation $u_{yy}=\bigl(u_{xxx}+uu_x+u_t\bigr)_x$ with holomorphic initial data possessing nonnegative Taylor coefficients around the origin. For the KdV equation with initial value $u(0,x)=u_0(x)$, we show that there is no solution holomorphic in any neighbourhood of $(t,x)=(0,0)$ in ${\mathbb C}^2$ unless $u_0(x)=a_0+a_1x$. This also furnishes a nonexistence result for a class of $y$-independent solutions of the KP equation. We extend this to $y$-dependent cases by considering initial values given at $y=0$, $u(t,x,0)=u_0(x,t)$, $u_y(t,x,0)=u_1(x,t)$, where the Taylor coefficients of $u_0$ and $u_1$ around $t=0$, $x=0$ are assumed nonnegative. We prove that there is no holomorphic solution around the origin in ${\mathbb C}^3$ unless $u_0$ and $u_1$ are polynomials of degree 2 or lower.
dc.description17 pages in LaTeX2e, to appear in Stud. Appl. Math
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/solv-int/9905010
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/solv-int/9905010
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/94521
dc.subjectExactly Solvable and Integrable Systems
dc.titleNonexistence results for the Korteweg-deVries and Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equations
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