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Instability of solitary waves for generalized Boussinesq equations

  • Yue Liu
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Abstract

An equation of Boussinesq-type of the formu tt -u xx +(f(u)+uxx)xx=0 is considered. It is shown that a traveling wave may be stable or unstable, depending on the range of the wave's speed of propagation and on the nonlinearity. Sharp conditions to that effect are given.

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Boussinesq equation solitary wave stability theory 
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  • Yue Liu
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  1. 1.Departement of MathematicsBrown UniversityProvidence

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