Physics – Mathematical Physics
Scientific paper
1998-12-01
Physics
Mathematical Physics
Revised version accepted for publication in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Typos corrected. 12 pt format. 6
Scientific paper
We start by constructing a Hilbert manifold T of orientation preserving diffeomorphisms of the circle (modulo the group of bi-holomorphic self-mappings of the disc). This space, which could be thought of as a completion of the universal Teichmueller space, is endowed with a right-invariant Kaehler metric. Using results from the theory of quasiconformal mappings we construct an embedding of T into the infinite dimensional Segal-Wilson Grassmannian. The latter turns out to be a very natural ambient space for T. This allows us to prove that T's sectional curvature is negative in the holomorphic directions and by a reasoning along the lines of Cartan-Hadamard's theory that its geodesics exist for all time. The geodesics of T lead to solutions of the periodic Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation by means of V. Arnold's generalization of Euler's equation. As an application, we obtain long-time existence of solutions to the periodic KdV equation with initial data in a certain closed subspace of the periodic Sobolev space of index 3/2.
Schonbek Maria E.
Todorov Andrey N.
Zubelli Jorge P.
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