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Traveling waves for the Whitham equation

Ehrnström, Mats LU and Kalisch, Henrik (2009) In Differential and Integral Equations 22(11-12). p.1193-1210
Abstract
The existence of traveling waves for the original Whitham equation is investigated. This equation combines a generic nonlinear quadratic term with the exact linear dispersion relation of surface water waves on finite depth. It is found that there exist small-amplitude periodic traveling waves with sub-critical speeds. As the period of these traveling waves tends to infinity, their velocities approach the limiting long-wave speed c0, and the waves approach a solitary wave. It is also shown that there can be no solitary waves with velocities much greater than c0. Finally, numerical approximations of some periodic traveling waves are presented.
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  author       = {{Ehrnström, Mats and Kalisch, Henrik}},
  issn         = {{0893-4983}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{11-12}},
  pages        = {{1193--1210}},
  publisher    = {{Khayyam Publishing, Inc.}},
  series       = {{Differential and Integral Equations}},
  title        = {{Traveling waves for the Whitham equation}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5232594/1215421.pdf}},
  volume       = {{22}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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