Solitary-wave solutions of the Benjamin equation

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2139-2161

  Albert, John P ^a   Bona, Jerry L ^b   Restrepo, Juan Mario ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS;

BENJAMIN EQUATION; OSCILLATORY SOLITARY WAVES;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 0033331683     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139997321682     Document Type: Article

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