Uniqueness of localized quasimonochromatic breather profiles

Let NNN\in\mathbb{N} with N2N\geq 2, and let pC2(RN)p\in C^2(\mathbb{R}^N) solve the equation referred to as ReducedEqII\operatorname{ReducedEqII} for some λ1,λ2,μ2R\lambda_1,\lambda_2,\mu_2\in\mathbb{R}. Assume that pp satisfies the asymptotic condition

supxRN1p(x1,x)0as x1.\sup_{x'\in\mathbb{R}^{N-1}}|p(x_1,x')|\to 0\qquad\text{as }x_1\to\infty.

Uniqueness conjecture. There exist γ,m,zR\gamma,m,z\in\mathbb{R} such that

p(x)=γcosh(m(x1z)).p(x)=\frac{\gamma}{\cosh(m(x_1-z))}.

This is an open classification problem for profile functions localized in one spatial direction. It is related to the Gibbons and de Giorgi conjectures concerning classification of monotone solutions of the Allen–Cahn equation, but the supplied text does not establish the conjecture.

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Rainer Mandel, “A uniqueness result for the Sine-Gordon breather”, arXiv:2102.01369 (2021).

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