The Cauchy problem for the Pavlov equation with large data

Abstract

The Pavlov equation is one of the simplest integrable systems of vector fields arising from various problems of mathematical physics and differential geometry which are intensively studied in recent literature. In this report, solving a nonlinear Riemann-Hilbert problem via a Newtonian iteration scheme, we complete the inverse scattering theory and prove a short time unique solvability of the Cauchy problem of the Pavlov equation with large initial data.