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Initial-boundary-value problems for linear and integrable nonlinear dispersive partial differential equations

Jerry L. BonaDepartment of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60607, USAA. S. FokasDepartment of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics University of Cambridge Cambridge CB3 0WA UK
2008en
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It is suggested here that an interesting and important line of inquiry is the elaboration of methods of inverse scattering transform (IST) type in contexts where non-homogeneous boundary conditions intercede. The issue, which has practical relevance we indicate by example, appears ripe for development, thanks to recent new ideas interjected into the panoply of IST methodologies. A sketch of the principal steps envisaged in carrying out analysis of boundary-value problems using inverse scattering ideas is provided.

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