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Whitham modulation equations and application to small dispersion asymptotics and long time asymptotics of nonlinear dispersive equations

Mathematical Physics 2018-10-10 v1 Analysis of PDEs math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We review the theory of modulation equations or Whitham equations for the travelling wave solution of KdV. We then apply the Whitham modulation equations to describe the long-time asymptotics and small dispersion asymptotics of the KdV solution

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@article{arxiv.1701.00069,
  title  = {Whitham modulation equations and application to small dispersion asymptotics and long time asymptotics of nonlinear dispersive equations},
  author = {Tamara Grava},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.00069},
  year   = {2018}
}