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Unified Approach to KdV Modulations
We develop a unified approach to integrating the Whitham modulation
equations. Our approach is based on the formulation of the initial value
problem for the zero dispersion KdV as the steepest descent for the scalar
Riemann-Hilbert problem, developed by Deift, Venakides, and Zhou, 1997, and on
the method of generating differentials for the KdV-Whitham hierarchy proposed
by El, 1996. By assuming the hyperbolicity of the zero-dispersion limit for the
KdV with general initial data, we bypass the inverse scattering transform and
produce the symmetric system of algebraic equations describing motion of the
modulation parameters plus the system of inequalities determining the number
the oscillating phases at any fixed point on the - plane. The resulting
system effectively solves the zero dispersion KdV with an arbitrary initial
data.Comment: 27 pages, Latex, 5 Postscript figures, to be submitted to Comm. Pure.
Appl. Mat
The 2nd order renormalization group flow for non-linear sigma models in 2 dimensions
We show that for two dimensional manifolds M with negative Euler
characteristic there exists subsets of the space of smooth Riemannian metrics
which are invariant and either parabolic or backwards-parabolic for the 2nd
order RG flow. We also show that solutions exists globally on these sets.
Finally, we establish the existence of an eternal solution that has both a UV
and IR limit, and passes through regions where the flow is parabolic and
backwards-parabolic
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