Hamiltonian formulation for solitary waves propagating on a variable background

Journal of Engineering Mathematics

Volumn 36, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 89-98

  Grimshaw, R ^a,b   Pudjaprasetya, S R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BANDUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Hamiltonian systems; Korteweg devries; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLITONS; SURFACE WAVES; WATER WAVES;

HAMILTONIAN FORMULATION; KORTEWEG DE VRIES; SOLITARY WAVES;

WAVE PROPAGATION;

SOLITARY WAVE;

EID: 0033377216     PISSN: 00220833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1004541906496     Document Type: Article

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