Modulational stability of Korteweg-de Vries and Boussinesq wavetrains (Q796368)
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Modulational stability of Korteweg-de Vries and Boussinesq wavetrains (English)
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1983
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Using Whitham's variational method it is shown that both Korteweg-de Vries an Boussinesq wavetrains are stable. This agrees with the possibility of transforming the Korteweg-de Vries equation into a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a repulsive potential.
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Boussinesq wavetrains
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modulational stability
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Whitham's variational method
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transforming the Korteweg-de Vries equation into a nonlinear Schrödinger equation with a repulsive potential
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