Carleman Linearization of Partial Differential Equations

Abstract

Carleman linearization is a technique that embeds systems of ordinary differential equations with polynomial nonlinearities into infinite dimensional linear systems in a procedural way. In this paper we generalize the method for systems of partial differential equations with quadratic nonlinearities, while maintaining the original structure of Carleman linearization. Furthermore, we apply our approach to Burger's equation and to the Vlasov equation as examples.