On the stability of solitary waves with decaying oscillatory tails

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 456, Issue 1995, 2000, Pages 469-487

  Calco, David C ^a   Yang, T S ^a   Akylas, T R ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exponential asymptotics; Fifth order kdv equation; Nonlinear beams; Solitary waves; Stability; Water waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001002051     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2000.0526     Document Type: Article

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