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Some new exact solutions to the nonlinear shallow-water wave equations via group analysis

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Nuove classi di soluzioni esatte per il sistema delle acque poco profonde vengono ricavate mediante l'analisi gruppale. Si caratterizzano inoltre possibili forme funzionali per il bacino.

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Some new classes of exact solutions of shallow water equations are found via the group analysis. Possible functional forms of the basin are characterized.

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  1. Dipartimento di Matematica dell'Università Contrata Papardo, Salita Sperone, 31. 98010, Messina, ITALY

    Carmela Currò

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This work was supported by the C.N.R. trough G.N.F.M.

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Currò, C. Some new exact solutions to the nonlinear shallow-water wave equations via group analysis. Meccanica 24, 26–35 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01576000

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