The existence of internal solitary waves in a two-fluid system near the KdV limit

DOI10.1080/03091928908219524zbMath0708.76136OpenAlexW2059652603MaRDI QIDQ3491261

Robert L. Sachs, Jerry L. Bona

Publication date: 1989

Published in: Geophysical & Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/03091928908219524

zbMATH Keywords

solitary wavesnegative eigenvaluesNash-Moser implicit function theoremfree upper surfacerigid horizontal lower boundaryTwo fluid layers of constant density

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Multiphase and multicomponent flows (76T99) Internal waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B55)

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