# Universality of the Break-up Profile for the KdV Equation in the Small Dispersion Limit Using the Riemann-Hilbert Approach

@article{Claeys2008UniversalityOT,
title={Universality of the Break-up Profile for the KdV Equation in the Small Dispersion Limit Using the Riemann-Hilbert Approach},
author={Tom Claeys and Tamara Grava},
journal={Communications in Mathematical Physics},
year={2008},
volume={286},
pages={979-1009}
}
• Published 15 January 2008
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AbstractWe obtain an asymptotic expansion for the solution of the Cauchy problem for the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation $$u_t+6uu_x+\epsilon^{2}u_{xxx}=0,\quad u(x,t=0,\epsilon)=u_0(x),$$for $${\epsilon}$$ small, near the point of gradient catastrophe (xc, tc) for the solution of the dispersionless equation ut + 6uux = 0. The sub-leading term in this expansion is described by the smooth solution of a fourth order ODE, which is a higher order analogue to the Painlevé I equation. This is in…
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