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The Direct Scattering Transform for the Intermediate Long Wave Equation

Peter Perry·Yilun Wu
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In this paper, we provide a rigorous study of the direct scattering problem proposed by Kodama, Ablowitz and Satsuma for the complete integrability theory of the Intermediate Long Wave (ILW) equation. We derive the Lax operators for ILW, and study their spectral theory. We show finiteness and simplicity of the discrete spectrum, existence and uniqueness of the Jost solutions, and construct the scattering data for the Lax operator. We also show that the Jost solutions satisfy a nonlocal Riemann-Hilbert problem whose singularity data are given by the scattering data, and that the scattering potential can be reconstructed from the Jost solutions. This work paves the way for a solution to ILW via the inverse scattering transform.

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Peter Perry, Yilun Wu. 2026-09-26. The Direct Scattering Transform for the Intermediate Long Wave Equation. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.32598

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