00900nas a2200121   4500008004300000245014000043210007000183260001000253520044500263100001600708700001800724856003600742       2010                        en_Ud  00aPainlevé II asymptotics near the leading edge of the oscillatory zone for the Korteweg-de Vries equation in the small-dispersion limit0 aPainlevé II asymptotics near the leading edge of the oscillatory  bWiley3 aIn the small dispersion limit, solutions to the Korteweg-de Vries equation develop an interval of fast oscillations after a certain time. We obtain a universal asymptotic expansion for the Korteweg-de Vries solution near the leading edge of the oscillatory zone up to second order corrections. This expansion involves the Hastings-McLeod solution of the Painlev\\\\\\\'e II equation. We prove our results using the Riemann-Hilbert approach.1 aClaeys, Tom1 aGrava, Tamara  uhttp://hdl.handle.net/1963/3799