On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation

The purpose of this paper is to describe a relationship between the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation ut−6uux+uxxx=0and another nonlinear partial differential equation of the form zt+zxxx−3zxzxxz=H(t)z.The second equation will be called the Associated Equation (AE) and the connection between the two...

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Main Authors: Eugene P. Schlereth, Ervin Y. Rodin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 1984-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171284000272
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description The purpose of this paper is to describe a relationship between the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation ut−6uux+uxxx=0and another nonlinear partial differential equation of the form zt+zxxx−3zxzxxz=H(t)z.The second equation will be called the Associated Equation (AE) and the connection between the two will be explained. By considering AE, explicit solutions to KdV will be obtained. These solutions include the solitary wave and the cnoidal wave solutions. In addition, similarity solutions in terms of Airy functions and Painlevé transcendents are found. The approach here is different from the Inverse Scattering Transform and the results are not in the form of solutions to specific initial value problems, but rather in terms of solutions containing arbitrary constants.
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spelling doaj-art-fbc31465e12d4152bfe67db4a1ee83a02025-02-03T05:59:29ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04251984-01-017226327710.1155/S0161171284000272On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equationEugene P. Schlereth0Ervin Y. Rodin1Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga 37402, Tennessee, USADepartment of Systems Science and Mathematics, Washington University, St. Louis 63130, Missouri, USAThe purpose of this paper is to describe a relationship between the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation ut−6uux+uxxx=0and another nonlinear partial differential equation of the form zt+zxxx−3zxzxxz=H(t)z.The second equation will be called the Associated Equation (AE) and the connection between the two will be explained. By considering AE, explicit solutions to KdV will be obtained. These solutions include the solitary wave and the cnoidal wave solutions. In addition, similarity solutions in terms of Airy functions and Painlevé transcendents are found. The approach here is different from the Inverse Scattering Transform and the results are not in the form of solutions to specific initial value problems, but rather in terms of solutions containing arbitrary constants.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171284000272Korteweg-de Vries equationPainlevé transcendentsolitary waves.
spellingShingle Eugene P. Schlereth
Ervin Y. Rodin
On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Korteweg-de Vries equation
Painlevé transcendent
solitary waves.
title On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation
title_full On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation
title_fullStr On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation
title_full_unstemmed On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation
title_short On the Korteweg-de Vries equation: an associated equation
title_sort on the korteweg de vries equation an associated equation
topic Korteweg-de Vries equation
Painlevé transcendent
solitary waves.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171284000272
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