A unified inverse scattering transform and soliton solutions of the nonlocal modified KdV equation with non-zero boundary conditions

Abstract: We present a rigorous theory of a unified and simple inverse scattering transform (IST) for both focusing and defocusing real nonlocal (reverse-space-time) modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equations with non-zero boundary conditions (NZBCs) at infinity. The IST problems for the nonlocal equations with NZBCs are more complicated then ones for the local equations with NZBCs. The suitable uniformization variable is introduced in order to make the direct and inverse problems be established on a complex plane instead of a two-sheeted Riemann surface. The direct scattering problem establishes the analyticity, symmetries, and asymptotic behaviors of Jost solutions and scattering matrix, and properties of discrete spectra. The inverse problem is formulated and solved by means of a matrix-valued Riemann-Hilbert problem. The reconstruction formula, trace formulae, and theta conditions are obtained. Finally, the dynamical behaviors of solitons for four different cases for the reflectionless potentials for both focusing and defocusing nonlocal mKdV equations with NZBCs are analyzed in detail.