Peakon solutions of the shallow water equation (Q5938885)

This paper deals with the shallow water equation \[ U_t+ 3UU_x= U_{xxt}+ 2U_x U_{xx}- 2KU_x.\tag{1} \] The authors consider singular limits of quasiperiodic solutions when the spectral curve becomes singular and its arithmetic genus drops to zero. The solutions are then expressed in terms of purely exponential \(\tau\)-functions and they describe the finite time interaction of two solitary peakons of (1). To this end a new parametrization of the Jacobi inversion problem is used.