Variational derivation of the Camassa-Holm shallow water equation
Mathematical Physics
2015-05-13 v1 math.MP
Abstract
We describe the physical hypothesis in which an approximate model of water waves is obtained. For an irrotational unidirectional shallow water flow, we derive the Camassa-Holm equation by a variational approach in the Lagrangian formalism.
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@article{arxiv.0711.4692,
title = {Variational derivation of the Camassa-Holm shallow water equation},
author = {Delia Ionescu-Kruse},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0711.4692},
year = {2015}
}
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10 pages