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<center><math>\partial_t v + \partial_x^3 v = 6(a^2 v^2 + bv) \partial_x v</math></center>
<center><math>\partial_t v + \partial_x^3 v = 6(a^2 v^2 + bv) \partial_x v</math></center>


<span class="GramE">then</span> u = a^2 v^2 + <span class="SpellE">av_x</span> + <span class="SpellE">bv</span> solves <span class="SpellE">KdV</span> (this is the ''Gardener transform'').
<span class="GramE">then</span> <math>u = a^2 v^2 + a \partial_x v + bv</math> solves <span class="SpellE">KdV</span> (this is the ''Gardener transform'').


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Revision as of 19:33, 28 July 2006

The (defocusing) modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation is

It is completely integrable, and has infinitely many conserved quantities. Indeed, for each non-negative integer k, there is a conserved quantity which is roughly equivalent to the H^k norm of u. This equation has been studied on the line, on the circle, and on the half-line.

The focussing mKdV

is very similar, but admits soliton solutions.

Miura transform

In the defocusing case, the Miura transformation transforms a solution of defocussing mKdV to a solution of [#kdv KdV]

.

Thus one expects the LWP and GWP theory for mKdV to be one derivative higher than that for KdV.

In the focusing case, the Miura transform is now . This transforms focussing mKdV to complex-valued KdV, which is a slightly less tractable equation. (However, the transformed solution v is still real in the highest order term, so in principle the real-valued theory carries over to this case).

The Miura transformation can be generalized. If v and w solve the system


Then is a solution of KdV. In particular, if a and b are constants and v solves

then solves KdV (this is the Gardener transform).