Conjecture on the periodic fractional KdV Green's function

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Let α∈(2,4]\alpha\in(2,4] and c>0c>0. The periodic Green's function GTG_{\mathbb{T}} is defined by the formulas referred to in the source as (green) and (green-fourier).

Periodic Green's function conjecture. For each α∈(2,4]\alpha\in(2,4], there exists c0>0c_0>0 such that, for c∈(0,c0)c\in(0,c_0), GTG_{\mathbb{T}} is even, strictly positive on T\mathbb{T}, and monotonically decreasing on (0,π)(0,\pi). For c∈[c0,∞)c\in[c_0,\infty), GTG_{\mathbb{T}} has a finite number of zeros on T\mathbb{T}. The number of zeros remains bounded as c→∞c\to\infty if α∈(2,4)\alpha\in(2,4) and is unbounded as c→∞c\to\infty if α=4\alpha=4.

The conjecture extends the established comparison between the periodic Green's function for α∈(0,2)\alpha\in(0,2) and the case α=2\alpha=2 to the range α∈(2,4]\alpha\in(2,4], where numerical results suggest a transition from positivity and monotonicity to oscillatory behavior as the wave speed parameter grows.

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Uyen Le and Dmitry E. Pelinovsky, “Green's function for the fractional KdV equation on the periodic domain via Mittag-Leffler's function”, arXiv:2101.02269 (2021).

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