Classification of unstable travelling wave solutions to KdV type equations

TL;DR

This paper classifies unstable travelling wave solutions to KdV-type equations with double power nonlinearities and fractional dispersion, based on the signatures and parities of the nonlinear indices.

Contribution

It provides a systematic classification of unstable travelling wave solutions considering the signatures and parities of the nonlinear indices in KdV-type equations.

Findings

Classification of solutions based on signatures and parities

Conditions for existence of ground state solutions

Analysis of instability in travelling wave solutions

Abstract

We study travelling wave solutions to Korteweg--de Vries type equations which have double power nonlinearities with integer indices, such as the Gardner equation, and fractional dispersion. Whether these equations have ground state solutions depends on signatures of nonlinearities and parity combinations of the two indices. The aim of this study is to give the classification of phenomena of travelling wave solutions from the perspective of the signatures and parities of the indices. In this paper, we focus on unstable travelling wave solutions.