AUTHOR=Barkov Ruslan , Shepelsky Dmitry TITLE=A Riemann–Hilbert approach to solution of the modified focusing complex short pulse equation JOURNAL=Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2024 YEAR=2024 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/applied-mathematics-and-statistics/articles/10.3389/fams.2024.1466965 DOI=10.3389/fams.2024.1466965 ISSN=2297-4687 ABSTRACT=We develop a Riemann--Hilbert approach to the modified focusing complex short pulse (mfcSP) equation \[ u_{xt}=u+\tfrac{1}{2}\bar u(u^2)_{xx} \] with zero boundary conditions (as $\abs{x}\to\infty$). We obtain a parametric representation of the solution of the initial value problem for the mfcSP equation in terms of the solution of the associated Riemann--Hilbert problem. This representation is then used for retrieving one-soliton solutions.