Modulational instability of cnoidal wave solutions of the modified Korteweg–de Vries equation

DOI10.1063/1.523044zbMath0342.76013MaRDI QIDQ4110729

C. F. Driscoll, T. M. O'Neil

Publication date: 1976

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.523044

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

76B25: Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids

35Q99: Partial differential equations of mathematical physics and other areas of application

76E20: Stability and instability of geophysical and astrophysical flows

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