Solution of the Korteweg--de Vries equation in a half-space bounded by a wall
Description
A solution of the Korteweg--de Vries equation in the half-space 0 less than r less than infinity with the boundary condition V(0) = 0 is given. The boundary condition may be interpreted as the requirement that the plane which bounds the half-space be a rigid wall. Aside from possible physical interest, this solution, which is obtained from one of the potentials for the radial Schroedinger equation which do not scatter, appears to indicate that the radial Schroedinger equation and the corresponding Gel'fand--Levitan equation play a role in the case of the half-space bounded by a wall similar to that of the one-dimensional Schroedinger equation (-- infinity less than x less than infinity) and its corresponding Gel'fand--Levitan equation in the more usual full space treatment of the KdV equation. A possible interpretation of the solution presented is that it corresponds to the reflection of a wave by a wall, in which the incident wave is singular and the reflected wave is nonsingular but highly dispersive
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1063/1.522787;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Journal Volume
- 17
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Series
- J. Math. Phys. (N.Y.).
- Journal Page Range
- 73-75
- ISSN
- 0022-2488
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7258160
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; SINGULARITY
- Descriptors DEC
- DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; SPACE
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- Notes
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