Corrections to the KdV Approximation for Water Waves

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DOI10.1137/S0036141004444202zbMATH Open1093.76010arXivmath/0406403OpenAlexW2140968478MaRDI QIDQ5470596FDOQ5470596

J. Douglas Wright

Publication date: 31 May 2006

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In order to investigate corrections to the common KdV approximation for surface water waves in a canal, we derive modulation equations for the evolution of long wavelength initial data. We work in Lagrangian coordinates. The equations which govern corrections to the KdV approximation consist of linearized and inhomogeneous KdV equations plus an inhomogeneous wave equation. These equations are explicitly solvable and we prove estimates showing that they do indeed give a significantly better approximation than the KdV equation alone.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0406403




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