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Nonlinear networks can host spatially compact time periodic solutions called compact breathers. Such solutions can exist accidentally (i.e. for specific nonlinear strength values) or parametrically (i.e. for any nonlinear strength). In this…
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By numerical simulation methods the interactions of oscillating solutions (breathers) of the (2+1)-dimensional O(3) nonlinear sigma model is investigated. The models of head-on collisions in which the interacting breathers, in particular,…
We consider a two-dimensional Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) lattice with hexagonal symmetry. Using asymptotic methods based on small amplitude ansatz, at third order we obtain a reduction to a cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS) for the…
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