Convexity conjecture for Whitham's highest cusped wave

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Let φ\varphi be the profile of a highest cusped periodic traveling-wave solution of Whitham's equation, with speed μ>0\mu>0, satisfying

Lφ−μφ+φ2=0,L\varphi-\mu\varphi+\varphi^2=0,

where LL has Fourier symbol m(ξ)=(tanh⁡ξ/ξ)1/2m(\xi)=(\tanh\xi/\xi)^{1/2}. Convexity conjecture for Whitham's highest cusped wave. The profile φ\varphi is everywhere convex and, near the crest at 00, satisfies

φ(x)=μ2−π8∣x∣1/2+o(∣x∣).\varphi(x)=\frac{\mu}{2}-\sqrt{\frac{\pi}{8}}|x|^{1/2}+o(|x|).

This conjecture concerns the global shape and precise crest asymptotics of the highest cusped wave. The source presents it as a conjecture of Ehrnström and Wahlén; no resolution is supplied in the provided text.

References

Primary source

Alberto Enciso, Javier Gómez-Serrano and Bruno Vergara, “Convexity of Whitham's highest cusped wave”, arXiv:1810.10935 (2018).

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