A finite difference method for the Korteweg-de Vries and the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equations

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 95-116

  Feng, Bao Feng ^a   Mitsui, Taketomo ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kadomtsev Petviashvili; Korteweg de Vries; Line soliton; Linearized implicit finite difference method; Lump type soliton

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LINEARIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; THEOREM PROVING;

KADOMTSEV-PETVIASHVILI EQUATIONS; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATION; LINEARIZED IMPLICIT FINITE DIFFERENCE METHODS; LUMP TYPE SOLITONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0032489749     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(98)00006-5     Document Type: Article

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