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Recently, two different proofs for large and intermediate-size solitary waves of the nonlocally dispersive Whitham equation have been presented, using either global bifurcation theory or the limit of waves of large period. We give here a…
We study the long-time evolution of gravity waves on deep water exited by the stochastic external force concentrated in moderately small wave numbers. We numerically implement the primitive Euler equations for the potential flow of an ideal…
We study the existence of solitary-wave solutions and some of their properties for a general multicomponent long-wave-short-wave interaction system. The system considered here describes the nonlinear interaction of multiple short waves with…
We prove the existence of solitary wave solutions to the quasilinear Benney system $$iu_{t}+u_{xx}=a|u|^pu+uv,\quad v_t+f(v)_x=(|u|^2)_x$$ where $f(v)=-\gamma v^3$, $-1<p<+\infty$ and $a,\gamma>0$. We establish, in particular, the existence…
We prove several existence and non existence results of solitary waves for a class of nonlinear pseudo-relativistic Hartree equations with general nonlinearities. We use variational methods and some new variational identities involving the…
We consider the nonlinear Dirac equations (NLDE's) in 1+1 dimension with scalar-scalar self interaction $\frac{g^2}{k+1} ({\bar \Psi} \Psi)^{k+1}$, as well as a vector-vector self interaction $\frac{g^2}{k+1} ({\bar \Psi} \gamma_\mu \Psi…
In this paper, we study the problem of the nonlinear interaction of impulsive gravitational waves for the Einstein vacuum equations. The problem is studied in the context of a characteristic initial value problem with data given on two null…
We study the behavior of nonlinear waves in a two-dimensional medium with density and stress relation that vary periodically in space. Efficient approximate Riemann solvers are developed for the corresponding variable-coefficient…
In this work, we answer three fundamental questions concerning monostable travelling fronts for the scalar Kolmogorov ecological equation with diffusion and spatiotemporal interaction: these are the questions about their existence,…
In this paper, we consider the nonlinear inhomogeneous compressible elastic waves in three spatial dimensions when the density is a small disturbance around a constant state. In homogeneous case, the almost global existence was established…
A variational principle is proposed to derive the governing equations for the problem of ocean wave interactions with a floating ice shelf, where the ice shelf is modelled by the full linear equations of elasticity and has an Archimedean…
We study nonlinear wave phenomena in self-gravitating fluid systems, with a particular emphasis on applications to molecular clouds. This paper presents analytical results for one spatial dimension. We show that a large class of physical…
We consider a class of pseudodifferential evolution equations of the form $$u_t + (n(u) + Lu)_x = 0,$$ in which $L$ is a linear smoothing operator and $n$ is at least quadratic near the origin; this class includes in particular the Whitham…
A reduced dynamical model is derived which describes the interaction of weak inertia-gravity waves with nonlinear vortical motion in the context of rotating shallow-water flow. The formal scaling assumptions are (i) that there is a…
This paper presents specific features of solitary wave dynamics within the framework of the Ostrovsky equation with variable coefficients in relation to surface and internal waves in a rotating ocean with a variable bottom topography. For…
The paper deals with a problem of interaction between hydrodynamics and mechanics of nonlinear elastic bodies. The existence question for two-dimensional symmetric steady waves travelling on the surface of a deep ocean beneath a heavy…
Boussinesq-type wave equations involve nonlinearities and dispersion. In this paper a Boussinesq-type equation with amplitude-dependent nonlinearities is presented. Such a model was proposed by Heimburg and Jackson (2005) for describing…
In this paper, an existence theory is established for ring-profiled optical vortex solitons. We consider such solitons in the context of an electromagnetic light wave propagating in a self-focusing nonlinear media and governed by a…
We prove the linear and nonlinear asymptotic stability of small amplitude one-dimensional solitary waves submitted to small localized irrotational perturbations in the three dimensional Euler-Poisson system describing the dynamics of ions.…
We study the behavior of shallow water waves over periodically-varying bathymetry, based on the first-order hyperbolic Saint-Venant equations. Although solutions of this system are known to generally exhibit wave breaking, numerical…