Long-time persistence of Korteweg-de Vries solitons as transient dynamics in a model of inclined film flow

Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Section A: Mathematics

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 133-146

  Pego, Robert L ^a   Schneider, Guido ^b   Uecker, Hannes ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

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EID: 33947598679     PISSN: 03082105     EISSN: 14737124     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0308210505001113     Document Type: Article

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