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Wave breaking in the short-pulse equation

Analysis of PDEs 2010-01-08 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

Sufficient conditions for wave breaking are found for the short-pulse equation describing wave packets of few cycles on the ultra-short pulse scale. The analysis relies on the method of characteristics and conserved quantities of the short-pulse equation and holds both on an infinite line and in a periodic domain. Numerical illustrations of the finite-time wave breaking are given in a periodic domain.

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@article{arxiv.0905.4668,
  title  = {Wave breaking in the short-pulse equation},
  author = {Yue Liu and Dmitry Pelinovsky and Anton Sakovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.4668},
  year   = {2010}
}

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21 pages, 5 figures

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