The equation of the $p$-adic open string for the scalar tachyon field

V. S. Vladimirov

Izvestiya. Mathematics , Tome 69 (2005) no. 3, pp. 487-512.

Résumé

We study the structure of solutions of the one-dimensional non-linear pseudodifferential equation describing the dynamics of the $p$-adic open string for the scalar tachyon field $p^{\frac12\partial^2_t}\Phi=\Phi^p$. We explain the role of real zeros of the entire function $\Phi^p(z)$ and the behaviour of solutions $\Phi(t)$ in the neighbourhood of these zeros. We point out that discontinuous solutions can appear if $p$ is even. We use the method of expanding the solution $\Phi$ and the function $\Phi^p$ in Hermite polynomials and modified Hermite polynomials and establish a connection between the coefficients of these expansions (integral conservation laws). For $p=2$ we construct an infinite system of non-linear equations in the unknown Hermite coefficients and study its structure. We consider the 3-approximation. We indicate a connection between the problems stated and a non-linear boundary-value problem for the heat equation.

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