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On Whitham's conjecture of a highest cusped wave for a nonlocal dispersive equation

Ehrnström, Mats LU and Wahlén, Erik LU (2019) In Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire 36(6). p.1603-1637
Abstract


We consider the Whitham equation u
t
+2uu
x
+Lu
x
=0, where L is the nonlocal Fourier multiplier operator given by the symbol m(ξ)=tanh⁡ξ/ξ. G. B. Whitham conjectured that for this equation there would be a highest, cusped, travelling-wave solution. We find this wave as a limiting... (More)


We consider the Whitham equation u
t
+2uu
x
+Lu
x
=0, where L is the nonlocal Fourier multiplier operator given by the symbol m(ξ)=tanh⁡ξ/ξ. G. B. Whitham conjectured that for this equation there would be a highest, cusped, travelling-wave solution. We find this wave as a limiting case at the end of the main bifurcation curve of P-periodic solutions, and give several qualitative properties of it, including its optimal C
1/2
-regularity. An essential part of the proof consists in an analysis of the integral kernel corresponding to the symbol m(ξ), and a following study of the highest wave. In particular, we show that the integral kernel corresponding to the symbol m(ξ) is completely monotone, and provide an explicit representation formula for it. Our methods may be generalised.

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Full-dispersion models, Global bifurcation, Highest waves, Whitham equation
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Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire
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36
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6
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1603 - 1637
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Elsevier
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0294-1449
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10.1016/j.anihpc.2019.02.006
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Nonlinear water waves and nonlocal model equations
Nonlinear Water Waves
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