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Benjamin Harrop-Griffiths

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arXiv2026

On the singular nature of shallow-water convergence of the intermediate long wave equation on the real line

We investigate regularity properties of the solution map for the intermediate long wave equation (ILW) on the real line. More precisely, we study the scaled ILW which was shown to converge to the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV) in $L^2(\mathbb R)$ in the shallow-water limit in a recent work by the first, third, and fourth authors with T. Zhao (2025). By decomposing the dynamics into the low frequency part and the residual part, we show that, when the depth parameter is sufficiently small, the solution map for the low frequency part is analytic in $L^2(\mathbb R)$, while the solution map for the residual part fails to be $C^2$. Moreover, we establish shallow-water convergence in $L^2(\mathbb R)$ of the low frequency dynamics to KdV. This explains the mechanism of the regularity gain of the solution map in the shallow-water limit.

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arXiv2025

Scattering for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation with concentrated nonlinearity

We consider the cubic defocusing nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation in one dimension with the nonlinearity concentrated at a single point. We prove global well-posedness in the scaling-critical space $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ and scattering for all such solutions. Moreover, we demonstrate that the same phenomenology holds whenever nonlinear effects are sufficiently concentrated in space.

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arXiv2025

A priori bounds and equicontinuity of orbits for the intermediate long wave equation

We prove uniform-in-time a priori $H^s$ bounds for solutions to the intermediate long wave equation posed both on the line and on the circle, covering the range $-\frac12<s\leq0$. Additionally, we prove that the set of orbits emanating from a bounded and equicontinuous set in $H^s$ is also bounded and equicontinuous in $H^s$. Our proof is based on the identification of a suitable Lax pair formulation for the intermediate long wave equation.

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arXiv2023

On the derivation of the homogeneous kinetic wave equation for a nonlinear random matrix model

We consider a nonlinear system of ODEs, where the underlying linear dynamics are determined by a Hermitian random matrix ensemble. We prove that the leading order dynamics in the weakly nonlinear, infinite volume limit are determined by a solution to the corresponding kinetic wave equation on a non-trivial timescale. Our proof relies on estimates for Haar-distributed unitary matrices obtained from Weingarten calculus, which may be of independent interest.

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arXiv2022

Vortex filament solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations

We consider solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations in $3d$ with vortex filament initial data of arbitrary circulation, that is, initial vorticity given by a divergence-free vector-valued measure of arbitrary mass supported on a smooth curve. First, we prove global well-posedness for perturbations of the Oseen vortex column in scaling-critical spaces. Second, we prove local well-posedness (in a sense to be made precise) when the filament is a smooth, closed, non-self-intersecting curve. Besides their physical interest, these results are the first to give well-posedness in a neighborhood of large self-similar solutions of $3d$ Navier-Stokes, as well as solutions which are locally approximately self-similar.

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arXiv2021

Large-data equicontinuity for the derivative NLS

We consider the derivative NLS equation in one spatial dimension, which is known to be completely integrable. We prove that the orbits of $L^2$ bounded and equicontinuous sets of initial data remain bounded and equicontinuous, not only under this flow, but under the entire hierarchy. This allows us to remove the small-data restriction from prior conservation laws and global well-posedness results.

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arXiv2020

Microscopic conservation laws for integrable lattice models

We consider two discrete completely integrable evolutions: the Toda Lattice and the Ablowitz-Ladik system. The principal thrust of the paper is the development of microscopic conservation laws that witness the conservation of the perturbation determinant under these dynamics. In this way, we obtain discrete analogues of objects that we found essential in our recent analyses of KdV, NLS, and mKdV. In concert with this, we revisit the classical topic of microscopic conservation laws attendant to the (renormalized) trace of the Green's function.

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arXiv2020

Local well-posedness for a quasilinear Schrödinger equation with degenerate dispersion

We consider a quasilinear Schrödinger equation on $\mathbb R$ for which the dispersive effects degenerate when the solution vanishes. We first prove local well-posedness for sufficiently smooth, spatially localized, degenerate initial data. As a corollary in the focusing case we obtain a short time stability result for the energy-minimizing compact breather.

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arXiv2020

Sharp well-posedness for the cubic NLS and mKdV in $H^s(\mathbb R)$

We prove that the cubic nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation (both focusing and defocusing) is globally well-posed in $H^s(\mathbb R)$ for any regularity $s>-\frac12$. Well-posedness has long been known for $s\geq 0$, see [55], but not previously for any $s<0$. The scaling-critical value $s=-\frac12$ is necessarily excluded here, since instantaneous norm inflation is known to occur [11, 40, 48]. We also prove (in a parallel fashion) well-posedness of the real- and complex-valued modified Korteweg-de Vries equations in $H^s(\mathbb R)$ for any $s>-\frac12$. The best regularity achieved previously was $s\geq \frac14$; see [15, 24, 33, 39]. To overcome the failure of uniform continuity of the data-to-solution map, we employ the method of commuting flows introduced in [37]. In stark contrast with our arguments in [37], an essential ingredient in this paper is the demonstration of a local smoothing effect for both equations. Despite the non-perturbative nature of the well-posedness, the gain of derivatives matches that of the underlying linear equation. To compensate for the local nature of the smoothing estimates, we also demonstrate tightness of orbits. The proofs of both local smoothing and tightness rely on our discovery of a new one-parameter family of coercive microscopic conservation laws that remain meaningful at this low regularity.

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arXiv2018

Existence and uniqueness of solutions for a quasilinear KdV equation with degenerate dispersion

We consider a quasilinear KdV equation that admits compactly supported traveling wave solutions (compactons). This model is one of the most straightforward instances of degenerate dispersion, a phenomenon that appears in a variety of physical settings as diverse as sedimentation, magma dynamics and shallow water waves. We prove the existence and uniqueness of solutions with sufficiently smooth, spatially localized initial data.

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arXiv2017

Compactons and their variational properties for degenerate KdV and NLS in dimension 1

We analyze the stationary and traveling wave solutions to a family of degenerate dispersive equations of KdV and NLS-type. In stark contrast to the standard soliton solutions for non-degenerate KdV and NLS equations, the degeneracy of the elliptic operators studied here allows for compactly supported steady or traveling states. As we work in $1$ dimension, ODE methods apply, however the models considered have formally conserved Hamiltonian, Mass and Momentum functionals, which allow for variational analysis as well.

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arXiv2017

Small data global solutions for the Camassa-Choi equations

We consider solutions to the Cauchy problem for an internal-wave model derived by Camassa-Choi in a paper in Journal of Fluid Mechanics (1996). This model is a natural generalization of the Benjamin-Ono and Intermediate Long Wave equations in the case of weak transverse effects. We prove the existence and long-time dynamics of global solutions from small, smooth, spatially localized initial data on $\mathbb{R}^2$.

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arXiv2016

Finite depth gravity water waves in holomorphic coordinates

In this article we consider irrotational gravity water waves with finite bottom. Our goal is two-fold. First, we represent the equations in holomorphic coordinates and discuss the local well-posedness of the problem in this context. Second, we consider the small data problem and establish cubic lifespan bounds for the solutions. Our results are uniform in the infinite depth limit, and match the earlier infinite depth result of Hunter-Ifrim-Tataru.

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arXiv2015

Long time behavior of solutions to the mKdV

In this paper we consider the long time behavior of solutions to the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation on R. For sufficiently small, smooth, decaying data we prove global existence and derive modified asymptotics without relying on complete integrability. We also consider the asymptotic completeness problem. Our result uses the method of testing by wave packets, developed in the work of Ifrim and Tataru on the 1d cubic nonlinear Schrödinger and 2d water wave equations.

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