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Abstract We derive the Whitham modulation equations for the Zakharov–Kuznetsov equation via a multiple scales expansion and averaging two conservation laws over one oscillation period of its periodic traveling wave solutions. We then use the Whitham modulation equations to study the transverse stability of the periodic traveling wave solutions. We find that all periodic solutions traveling along the first spatial coordinate are linearly unstable with respect to purely transversal perturbations, and we obtain an explicit expression for the growth rate of perturbations in the long wave limit. We validate these predictions by linearizing the equation around its periodic solutions and solving the resulting eigenvalue problem numerically. We also calculate the growth rate of the solitary waves analytically. The predictions of Whitham modulation theory are in excellent agreement with both of these approaches. Finally, we generalize the stability analysis to periodic waves traveling in arbitrary directions and to perturbations that are not purely transversal, and we determine the resulting domains of stability and instability.
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Edge Distribution of Thinned Real Eigenvalues in the Real Ginibre Ensemble
Abstract This paper is concerned with the explicit computation of the limiting distribution function of the largest real eigenvalue in the real Ginibre ensemble when each real eigenvalue has been removed independently with constant likelihood. We show that the recently discovered integrable structures in [2] generalize from the real Ginibre ensemble to its thinned equivalent. Concretely, we express the aforementioned limiting distribution function as a convex combination of two simple Fredholm determinants and connect the same function to the inverse scattering theory of the Zakharov–Shabat system. As corollaries, we provide a Zakharov–Shabat evaluation of the ensemble’s real eigenvalue generating function and obtain precise control over the limiting distribution function’s tails. The latter part includes the explicit computation of the usually difficult constant factors.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1954790
- PAR ID:
- 10375861
- Publisher / Repository:
- Springer Science + Business Media
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Annales Henri Poincaré
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 11
- ISSN:
- 1424-0637
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 4003-4056
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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