The discrete Klein-Gordon equation on a two-dimensional square lattice satisfies an ` 7→ `∞ dispersive bound with polynomial decay rate |t|−3/4. We determine the shape of the light cone for any choice of the mass parameter and relative propagation speeds along the two coordinate axes. Fundamental solutions experience the least dispersion along four lines interior to the light cone rather than a...

where u = u(t, x) ∈ C(R,R) and V (x) ∈ C(R,R), by using the method of separation of variables (SV). Equations belonging to class (1) are widely used in the modern quantum physics and can be related to other linear and nonlinear equations of mathematical physics (these relations will be discussed below, at the end of the article). In particular, class (1) contains the d’Alembert equation (with V...

We study the evolution of fronts in a nonlinear wave equation with global feedback. This equation generalizes the Klein-Gordon and sine-Gordon equations. Extending previous work, we describe the derivation of an equation governing the front motion, which is strongly nonlinear, and, for the two-dimensional case, generalizes the damped Born-Infeld equation. We study the motion of one- and two-dim...

This paper is devoted to the study of solitary waves and solitons whose existence is related to the ratio energy/charge. These solitary waves are called hylomorphic. This class includes the Q-balls, which are spherically symmetric solutions of the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation (NKG), as well as solitary waves and vortices which occur, by the same mechanism, in the nonlinear Schroedinger equat...

The collision between a kink and a high amplitude breather in the Frenkel-Kontorova chain with a small degree of discreteness was studied numerically and the results were compared with an exact three-soliton solution to the sine-Gordon (SG) equation. It was found that there exists a narrow range of parameters of quasiparticles where the collision in the discrete system is strongly inelastic and...

We develop a perturbation theory that describes bound states of solitons localized in a confined area. External forces and influence of inhomogeneities are taken into account as perturbations to exact solutions of the sine-Gordon equation. We have investigated two special cases of fluxon trapped by a microresistor and decay of a breather under dissipation. Also, we have carried out numerical si...

Using a field theory generalization of the spinning top motion, we construct nonabelian generalizations of the sine-Gordon theory according to each symmetric spaces. A La-grangian formulation of these generalized sine-Gordon theories is given in terms of a deformed gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten action which also accounts for integrably perturbed coset conformal field theories. As for physical appli...