On the decoupling of the improved Boussinesq equation into two uncoupled Camassa-Holm equations

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2017133zbMATH Open1361.35154arXiv1701.03491OpenAlexW2579391989MaRDI QIDQ515248FDOQ515248

Authors: H. A. Erbay, A. Erkip, S. Erbay 

Publication date: 13 March 2017

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We rigorously establish that, in the long-wave regime characterized by the assumptions of long wavelength and small amplitude, bidirectional solutions of the improved Boussinesq equation tend to associated solutions of two uncoupled Camassa-Holm equations. We give a precise estimate for approximation errors in terms of two small positive parameters measuring the effects of nonlinearity and dispersion. Our results demonstrate that, in the present regime, any solution of the improved Boussinesq equation is split into two waves propagating in opposite directions independently, each of which is governed by the Camassa-Holm equation. We observe that the approximation error for the decoupled problem considered in the present study is greater than the approximation error for the unidirectional problem characterized by a single Camassa-Holm equation. We also consider lower order approximations and we state similar error estimates for both the Benjamin-Bona-Mahony approximation and the Korteweg-de Vries approximation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.03491

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zbMATH Keywords

Camassa-Holm equationimproved Boussinesq equationnonlocal wave equationrigorous justification

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Asymptotic expansions of solutions to PDEs (35C20) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) PDEs in connection with mechanics of deformable solids (35Q74) Nonlinear waves in solid mechanics (74J30)

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