| Abstract: |
| The passage from linear instability to nonlinear instability has been shown for 1D solitary waves under 2D perturbations. Although transverse instability of periodic waves to the KdV equation under the KP-I flow has been expected to be true from spectral instability for a long time, it has not been clear how to adapt the general instability theory for solitary waves to periodic waves until very recently. In this talk, we present how such an adaptation works with the aid of exponential trichotomies and an approximate scheme.
Joint work with Erik Wahlen. |
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