A numerical study of the stability of solitary waves of the bona-smith family of Boussinesq systems

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 569-607

  Dougalis, V A ^a,b   Duran A ^c   Lopez Marcos M A ^c   Mitsotakis, D E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b FORTH   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Boussinesq systems; Stability of solitary waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867922787     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-007-9004-8     Document Type: Article

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