Linearisable Abel equations and the Gurevich--Pitaevskii problem

Abstract

Applying symmetry reduction to a class of $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$-invariant third-order ODEs, we obtain Abel equations whose general solution can be parametrised by hypergeometric functions. Particular case of this construction provides a general parametric solution to the Kudashev equation, an ODE arising in the Gurevich--Pitaevskii problem, thus giving the first term of a large-time asymptotic expansion of its solution in the oscillatory (Whitham) zone.

23 pages, 4 figures