Generalized solitary waves and fronts in coupled Korteweg-de Vries systems

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 96-117

  Fochesato, Christophe ^a   Dias, Frédéric ^a   Grimshaw, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamical systems; Embedded solitons; Fronts; Korteweg de Vries equation; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; SOLITONS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED SOLITONS; FRONTS; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATIONS; SOLITARY WAVES;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 24644460611     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.07.010     Document Type: Article

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