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Can one hear the full nonlinearity of a PDE from its small excitations?

Maxim Olshanii, Danshyl Boodhoo

SciPost Phys. Core 8, 055 (2025) · published 25 August 2025

Abstract

In this article, we show how one can restore an unknown nonlinear partial differential equation of a sine-Gordon type from its linearization around an unknown stationary kink. The key idea is to regard the ground state of the linear problem as the translation-related Goldstone mode of the nonlinear PDE sought after.


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