Computing the solution of the Korteweg-de Vries equation with arbitrary precision on turing machines

  • Authors:
  • Klaus Weihrauch;Ning Zhong

  • Affiliations:
  • Fern Universität Hagen, Hagen, Germany;Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

  • Venue:
  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

In this paper we answer an open question raised by Pour-El and Richards: Is the solution operator of the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation computable? The initial value problem of the KdV equation posed on the real line R: ut + uux + uxxx = O, t, x ∈ R, u(x, 0) = ϕ(x) defines a nonlinear map KR from the space Hs (R) to the space C(R; Hs(R)) for real numbers s≥ 0. We prove that for any integer s ≥ 3, the map KR : Hs (R) → C(R; Hs (R)) is Turing computable.