Exact solutions of various Boussinesq systems

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 45-49

  Chen, M ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boussinesq system; Exact solution; Traveling waves; Water waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012698134     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(98)00078-0     Document Type: Article

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