Solitary waves in fluid media

Introduction: Classical nonlinear evolution equations and solitary waves

Author(s): '>Claire David

Pp: 1-7 (7)

DOI: 10.2174/978160805140311001010001

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

Since the first description by John Scott Russel in 1834, the solitary wave phenomenon has raised lots of interests from scientists. This chapter, which plays the part of an introduction to the book, briefly recalls the history of the solitary wave phenomenon study, and presents classical nonlinear evolution equations.

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