Integrability versus Wave Turbulence in Hamiltonian partial differential equations

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Patrick Gerard , University of Paris-Sud

In the world of Hamiltonian partial differential equations, complete integrability and wave turbulence are often considered as opposite paradigms. The purpose of this talk is to give a rough idea of these different notions, and to discuss the example of a nonlinear wave toy model which surprisingly displays both properties. The key is a Lax pair structure involving Hankel operators from classical analysis, and is connected to a surprisingly explicit inverse spectral method.