Self-similar solutions of the non-strictly hyperbolic Whitham equations for the KdV hierarchy

DOI10.4310/DPDE.2007.v4.n3.a4zbMath1173.35111arXiv0704.2527MaRDI QIDQ928518

Fei-Ran Tian, Virgil U. Pierce

Publication date: 18 June 2008

Published in: Dynamics of Partial Differential Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.2527

zbMATH Keywords

self-similar solution; KdV equation; KdV hierarchy; Whitham equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

37K10: Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.)

35Q53: KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations)

35A15: Variational methods applied to PDEs

76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction

35C05: Solutions to PDEs in closed form

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