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We numerically investigate transverse stability and instability of so-called cnoidal waves, i.e., periodic traveling wave solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation, under the time-evolution of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation. In…
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We extend the class of initial conditions for scalar delayed reaction-diffusion equations $u_t (t,x)=u_{xx}(t,x)+f(u(t, x), u(t-h, x))$ which evolve in solutions converging to monostable traveling waves. Our approach allows to compute, in…
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We prove the existence of pure capillary solitary waves for the 2D finite-depth Euler equations with nonzero constant vorticity. In the irrotational case, nonexistence of solitary waves was established by Ifrim--Pineau--Tataru--Taylor, so…
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