Stephen C. Anco, James Hornick, Sicheng Zhao, Thomas Wolf
{"title":"Exact solitary wave solutions for a coupled gKdV–Schrödinger system by a new ODE reduction method","authors":"Stephen C. Anco, James Hornick, Sicheng Zhao, Thomas Wolf","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12768","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12768","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A new method is developed for finding exact solitary wave solutions of a generalized Korteweg–de Vries equation with <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$p$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-power nonlinearity coupled to a linear Schrödinger equation arising in many different physical applications. This method yields 22 solution families, with <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mn>4</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$p=1,2,3,4$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. No solutions for <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 <mo>></mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$p&gt;1$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> were known previously in the literature. For <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$p=1$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, four of the solution families contain bright/dark Davydov solitons of the 1st and 2nd kind, obtained in recent literature by basic ansatz applied to the ordinary differential equation (ODE) system for traveling waves. All of the new solution families have interesting features, including bright/dark peaks with (up to) <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>p</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$p$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> symmetric pairs of side peaks in the amplitude and a kink profile for the nonlinear part in the phase. The present method is fully systematic and involves several novel steps that reduce the traveling wave ODE system to a single nonlinear base ODE for which all polynomial solutions are found by symbolic computation. It is applicable more generally to other coupled nonlinear dispersive wave equations as well as to nonlinear ODE systems of generalized Hénon–Heiles form.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"154 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-11-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sapm.12768","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rogue wave patterns associated with Adler–Moser polynomials featuring multiple roots in the nonlinear Schrödinger equation","authors":"Huian Lin, Liming Ling","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12782","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this work, we analyze the asymptotic behaviors of high-order rogue wave solutions with multiple large parameters and discover novel rogue wave patterns, including modified claw-like, one triple root (OTR)-type, modified OTR-type, two triple roots (TTR)-type, semimodified TTR-type, and modified TTR-type patterns. A correlation is established between these rogue wave patterns and the root structures of the Adler–Moser polynomials with multiple roots. At the positions in the <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$(x,t)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-plane corresponding to simple roots of the Adler–Moser polynomials, these high-order rogue wave patterns asymptotically approach first-order rogue waves. At the positions in the <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>t</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$(x,t)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>-plane corresponding to multiple roots of the Adler–Moser polynomials, these rogue wave patterns asymptotically tend toward lower-order fundamental rogue waves, dispersed first-order rogue waves, or mixed structures of these rogue waves. These structures are related to the root structures of special Adler–Moser polynomials with new free parameters, such as the Yablonskii–Vorob'ev polynomial hierarchy, among others. Notably, the positions of the fundamental lower-order rogue waves or mixed structures in these rogue wave patterns can be controlled freely under specific conditions.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"154 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Orthogonal Laurent Polynomials of Two Real Variables","authors":"Ruymán Cruz-Barroso, Lidia Fernández","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12783","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, we consider an appropriate ordering of the Laurent monomials <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mi>i</mi>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>y</mi>\u0000 <mi>j</mi>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$x^{i}y^{j}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>i</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>j</mi>\u0000 <mo>∈</mo>\u0000 <mi>Z</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$i,j in mathbb {Z}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> that allows us to study sequences of orthogonal Laurent polynomials of the real variables <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$x$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>y</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$y$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> with respect to a positive Borel measure <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>μ</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$mu$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> defined on <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msup>\u0000 <mi>R</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msup>\u0000 <annotation>$mathbb {R}^2$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> such that <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mo>{</mo>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>0</mn>\u0000 <mo>}</mo>\u0000 <mo>∪</mo>\u0000 <mo>{</mo>\u0000 <mi>y</mi>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>0</mn>\u0000 <mo>}</mo>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 <mo>∩</mo>\u0000 <mi>supp</mi>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>μ</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mi>∅</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$(lbrace x=0 rbrace cup lbrace y=0 rbrace) cap textrm {supp}(mu)= emptyset$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. This ordering is suitable for considering the <i>multiplication plus inverse multiplication operator</i> on each variable <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mfrac>\u0000 ","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"154 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sapm.12783","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rich dynamics of a hepatitis C virus infection model with logistic proliferation and time delays","authors":"Ke Guo, Wanbiao Ma","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12781","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12781","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, we study a dynamic model of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection with density-dependent proliferation of uninfected and infected hepatocytes and two time delays, which is derived from a three-dimensional model by the quasi-steady-state approximation. The model can exhibit forward bifurcation or backward bifurcation, and an explicit control threshold parameter <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>R</mi>\u0000 <mi>c</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$R_c$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is obtained for the case of backward bifurcation. It is shown that if the proliferation rate of infected hepatocytes is greater than the proliferation rate of uninfected hepatocytes by a certain amount, it becomes more difficult for the virus to be removed. The model has rich dynamical properties: (i) In some parameter regions, bistability can occur; (ii) both time delays <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>τ</mi>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$tau _{1}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> (virus-to-cell delay) and <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>τ</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$tau _{2}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> (cell-to-cell delay) can lead to Hopf bifurcations; (iii) same length of time delays <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>τ</mi>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$tau _{1}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mi>τ</mi>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <annotation>$tau _{2}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> can lead to at most one stability switch, but different time delays can lead to multiple stability switches. Several sufficient conditions for the global stability of the disease-free equilibrium and the endemic equilibrium are obtained for both forward and backward bifurcation scenarios. In particular, several sharp results on global stability are obtained. Theoretical and numerical results portray the complexity of viral evolutionary dynamics in chronic HCV-infected patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"154 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142714668","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Explicit exact solutions for plane shock waves in dilute polyatomic gases","authors":"F. J. Uribe, R. M. Velasco, W. Marques Jr.","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12776","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12776","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The exact solutions for the Navier–Stokes–Fourier equations in the case of plane shock waves for dilute monatomic gases with constant transport coefficients were found by Becker in 1922. The solutions obtained are limited for a Prandtl's number given by <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>P</mi>\u0000 <mi>r</mi>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>3</mn>\u0000 <mo>/</mo>\u0000 <mn>4</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$Pr=3/4$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>. Besides the solutions for the speed and temperature, profiles were given in an implicit way. In this paper, we consider Becker's model to find some exact <i>explicit</i> solutions for dilute polyatomic gases.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"153 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Efficient numerical approximations for a nonconservative nonlinear Schrödinger equation appearing in wind-forced ocean waves","authors":"Agissilaos Athanassoulis, Theodoros Katsaounis, Irene Kyza","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12774","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12774","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We consider a nonconservative nonlinear Schrödinger equation (NCNLS) with time-dependent coefficients, inspired by a water waves problem. This problem does not have mass or energy conservation, but instead mass and energy change in time under explicit balance laws. In this paper, we extend to the particular NCNLS two numerical schemes which are known to conserve energy and mass in the discrete level for the cubic nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Both schemes are second-order accurate in time, and we prove that their extensions satisfy discrete versions of the mass and energy balance laws for the NCNLS. The first scheme is a relaxation scheme that is linearly implicit. The other scheme is a modified Delfour–Fortin–Payre scheme, and it is fully implicit. Numerical results show that both schemes capture robustly the correct values of mass and energy, even in strongly nonconservative problems. We finally compare the two numerical schemes and discuss their performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"153 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rigid lid limit in shallow water over a flat bottom","authors":"Benjamin Melinand","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12773","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12773","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We perform the so-called rigid lid limit on different shallow water models such as the abcd Bousssinesq systems or the Green–Naghdi equations. To do so, we consider an appropriate nondimensionalization of these models where two small parameters are involved: the shallowness parameter <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>μ</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$mu$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and a parameter <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>ε</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$epsilon$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> which can be interpreted as a Froude number. When the parameter <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>ε</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$epsilon$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> tends to zero, the surface deformation formally goes to the rest state, hence the name rigid lid limit. We carefully study this limit for different topologies. We also provide rates of convergence with respect to <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>ε</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$epsilon$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> and careful attention is given to the dependence on the shallowness parameter <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>μ</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$mu$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"153 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sapm.12773","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642371","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Henry, Rossen I. Ivanov, Zisis N. Sakellaris
{"title":"Higher-order integrable models for oceanic internal wave–current interactions","authors":"David Henry, Rossen I. Ivanov, Zisis N. Sakellaris","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12778","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12778","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, we derive a higher-order Korteweg–de Vries (HKdV) equation as a model to describe the unidirectional propagation of waves on an internal interface separating two fluid layers of varying densities. Our model incorporates underlying currents by permitting a sheared current in both fluid layers, and also accommodates the effect of the Earth's rotation by including Coriolis forces (restricted to the Equatorial region). The resulting governing equations describing the water wave problem in two fluid layers under a “flat-surface” assumption are expressed in a general form as a system of two coupled equations through Dirichlet–Neumann (DN) operators. The DN operators also facilitate a convenient Hamiltonian formulation of the problem. We then derive the HKdV equation from this Hamiltonian formulation, in the long-wave, and small-amplitude, asymptotic regimes. Finally, it is demonstrated that there is an explicit transformation connecting the HKdV we derive with the following integrable equations of a similar type: KdV5, Kaup–Kuperschmidt equation, Sawada–Kotera equation, and Camassa–Holm and Degasperis–Procesi equations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"153 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/sapm.12778","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642031","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Whitham modulation theory and the classification of solutions to the Riemann problem of the Fokas–Lenells equation","authors":"Zhi-Jia Wu, Shou-Fu Tian","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12779","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12779","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this work, we explore the Riemann problem of the Fokas–Lenells (FL) equation given initial data in the form of a step discontinuity by employing the Whitham modulation theory. The periodic wave solutions of the FL equation are characterized by elliptic functions along with the Whitham modulation equations. Moreover, we find that the <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mo>±</mo>\u0000 <annotation>$pm$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> signs for the velocities of the periodic wave solutions remain unchanged during propagation. Thus, when analyzing the propagation behavior of solutions, it is necessary to separately consider the clockwise (negative velocity) and counterclockwise (positive velocity) cases. In this regard, we present the classification of the solutions to the Riemann problem of the FL equation in both clockwise and counterclockwise cases for the first time.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"153 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Patrick Sprenger, Christopher Chong, Emmanuel Okyere, Michael Herrmann, P. G. Kevrekidis, Mark A. Hoefer
{"title":"Hydrodynamics of a discrete conservation law","authors":"Patrick Sprenger, Christopher Chong, Emmanuel Okyere, Michael Herrmann, P. G. Kevrekidis, Mark A. Hoefer","doi":"10.1111/sapm.12767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/sapm.12767","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Riemann problem for the discrete conservation law <span></span><math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 <msub>\u0000 <mover>\u0000 <mi>u</mi>\u0000 <mo>̇</mo>\u0000 </mover>\u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 </msub>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <msubsup>\u0000 <mi>u</mi>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 <mo>+</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msubsup>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 <msubsup>\u0000 <mi>u</mi>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>n</mi>\u0000 <mo>−</mo>\u0000 <mn>1</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <mn>2</mn>\u0000 </msubsup>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mn>0</mn>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$2 dot{u}_n + u^2_{n+1} - u^2_{n-1} = 0$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is classified using Whitham modulation theory, a quasi-continuum approximation, and numerical simulations. A surprisingly elaborate set of solutions to this simple discrete regularization of the inviscid Burgers' equation is obtained. In addition to discrete analogs of well-known dispersive hydrodynamic solutions—rarefaction waves (RWs) and dispersive shock waves (DSWs)—additional unsteady solution families and finite-time blowup are observed. Two solution types exhibit no known conservative continuum correlates: (i) a counterpropagating DSW and RW solution separated by a symmetric, stationary shock and (ii) an unsteady shock emitting two counterpropagating periodic wavetrains with the same frequency connected to a partial DSW or an RW. Another class of solutions called traveling DSWs, (iii), consists of a partial DSW connected to a traveling wave comprised of a periodic wavetrain with a rapid transition to a constant. Portions of solutions (ii) and (iii) are interpreted as shock solutions of the Whitham modulation equations.</p>","PeriodicalId":51174,"journal":{"name":"Studies in Applied Mathematics","volume":"153 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142642049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}