Abstract
The summation procedure of the Padé type is applied to the perturbation expansion of the solution of the potential Korteweg-de-Vries equation (K.d.V.), introduced by Rosales. For the N-soliton solution without background the [(n−1)/n] Padé approximants are shown to exist for n≤N. Their asymptotic behavior is investigated and it is found that it corresponds to a system of n solitons with the leading velocity parameters. The analogous results for the K.d.V. then follow in agreement with some previous numerical observations.