KdV approximation conjecture for generalized moving pulse solutions in the FPU model

Let mNm\in\mathbb{N} and c~>0\tilde{c}>0. For sufficiently small ε>0\varepsilon>0, consider the FPU system and the speed c=1ε2c~c=1-\varepsilon^2\tilde{c}. A generalized moving pulse solution of permanent form is a solution qn(t)=v(nct)q_n(t)=v(n-ct) with a smooth profile v ⁣:[1/εm,1/εm]Rv\colon[-1/\varepsilon^m,1/\varepsilon^m]\to\mathbb{R}. KdV approximation conjecture. For every mNm\in\mathbb{N} and c~>0\tilde{c}>0, there exist C,ε0>0C,\varepsilon_0>0 such that, for every ε(0,ε0)\varepsilon\in(0,\varepsilon_0), the FPU system possesses such a solution with

supξ<1/εmv(ξ)h(ξ)Cεm,\sup_{|\xi|<1/\varepsilon^m}|v(\xi)-h(\xi)|\leq C\varepsilon^m,

where h ⁣:RRh\colon\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} is smooth,

limξ±h(ξ)=0,\lim_{\xi\to\pm\infty}h(\xi)=0,

and

supξRh(ξ)ε2Asol,c~(εξ)Cε3.\sup_{\xi\in\mathbb{R}}\left|h(\xi)-\varepsilon^2A_{\mathrm{sol},\tilde{c}}(\varepsilon\xi)\right|\leq C\varepsilon^3.

Here Asol,c~A_{\mathrm{sol},\tilde{c}} is the solitary wave of the associated KdV equation with speed c~>0\tilde{c}>0. This is the KdV solitary-wave prediction near the speed of sound; the supplied text gives the conjectural existence and approximation statement but no resolution status.

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Bastian Hilder, Björn de Rijk and Guido Schneider, “Moving modulating pulse and front solutions of permanent form in a FPU model with nearest and next-to-nearest neighbor interaction”, arXiv:2103.14551 (2022).

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