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Wave breaking for nonlinear nonlocal shallow water equations

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Constantin, A., Escher, J. Wave breaking for nonlinear nonlocal shallow water equations. Acta Math. 181, 229–243 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02392586

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