The averaging of nonlocal Hamiltonian structures in Whitham's method (Q1608189)

Summary: We consider the \(m\)-phase Whitham's averaging method and propose the procedure of ``averaging'' nonlocal Hamiltonian structures. The procedure is based on the existence of a sufficient number of local-commuting integrals of the system and gives the Poisson bracket of Ferapontov type for Whitham's system. The method can be considered as the generalization of Dubrovin-Novikov procedure for local field-theoretical brackets.