Bogoyavlensky Lattices and Generalized Catalan Numbers
We study the problem of the decay of initial data in the form of a unit step for the Bogoyavlensky lattices. In contrast to the Gurevich–Pitaevskii problem of the decay of initial discontinuity for the KdV equation, it turns out to be exactly solvable, since the dynamics is linearizable due to termi...
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Published in | Russian journal of mathematical physics Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 1 - 23 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Moscow
Pleiades Publishing
01.03.2024
Springer Nature B.V |
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Summary: | We study the problem of the decay of initial data in the form of a unit step for the Bogoyavlensky lattices. In contrast to the Gurevich–Pitaevskii problem of the decay of initial discontinuity for the KdV equation, it turns out to be exactly solvable, since the dynamics is linearizable due to termination on the half-line. The answer is written in terms of generalized hypergeometric functions, which serve as exponential generating functions for generalized Catalan numbers. This can be proved by the fact that the generalized Hankel determinants for these numbers are equal to 1, which is a well-known result in combinatorics. Another method is based on a nonautonomous symmetry reduction consistent with the dynamics. It reduces the lattice equation to a finite-dimensional system and makes it possible to solve the problem for a more general finite-parameter family of initial data.
DOI
10.1134/S106192084010011 |
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ISSN: | 1061-9208 1555-6638 |
DOI: | 10.1134/S106192084010011 |