Long-time dynamics of KdV solitary waves over a variable bottom

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 869-905

  Dejak, Steven Ivan ^a,b   Sigal, Israel Michael ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 33646353435     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: 00103640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cpa.20120     Document Type: Article

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