In this work, we are devoted to studying the Cauchy problem of the short pulse (SP) equation with weighted Sobolev initial data. By developing the ∂¯-generalization of Deift-Zhou nonlinear steepest descent method, we derive the leading order approximation to the solution q(x,t) in solitonic region of space-time, (yt)=ξ for any fixed ξ=ξ0∈(0,+∞), and give bounds for the error decaying as |t|→∞. Based on the resulting asymptotic behavior, the asymptotic approximation of the SP equation is characterized with the soliton term confirmed by N(I)-soliton on discrete spectrum with residual error up to O(t−1). Combining with previous results presented by Yang and Fan, that is the long time asymptotic expansion of the solution q(x,t) in solitonic region ξ=yt∈(−∞,0), our results show that the soliton resolution conjecture of the SP equation is fully solved in all space-time solitonic regions. Moreover, considering properties of the scattering map of SP equation, we derive an asymptotic stability result for a class of initial values.
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