arXiv · 2207.02414
The scattering map determines the nonlinearity
Abstract
Using the two-dimensional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (NLS) as a model example, we present a general method for recovering the nonlinearity of a nonlinear dispersive equation from its small-data scattering behavior. We prove that under very mild assumptions on the nonlinearity, the wave operator uniquely determines the nonlinearity, as does the scattering map. Evaluating the scattering map on well-chosen initial data, we reduce the problem to an inverse convolution problem, which we solve by means of an application of the Beurling--Lax Theorem.
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Rowan Killip, Jason Murphy, Monica Visan. 2022-07-06. The scattering map determines the nonlinearity. https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.02414
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