Fifth-order Korteweg–De Vries equation

A fifth-order Korteweg–De Vries (KdV) equation is a nonlinear partial differential equation in 1+1 dimensions related to the Korteweg–De Vries equation.[1] Fifth order KdV equations may be used to model dispersive phenomena such as plasma waves when the third-order contributions are small. The term may refer to equations of the form

u t + α u x x x + β u x x x x x = x f ( u , u x , u x x ) {\displaystyle u_{t}+\alpha u_{xxx}+\beta u_{xxxxx}={\frac {\partial }{\partial x}}f(u,u_{x},u_{xx})}

where f {\displaystyle f} is a smooth function and α {\displaystyle \alpha } and β {\displaystyle \beta } are real with β 0 {\displaystyle \beta \neq 0} . Unlike the KdV system, it is not integrable. It admits a great variety of soliton solutions.[2]

References

  1. ^ Andrei D. Polyanin, Valentin F. Zaitsev, HANDBOOK of NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS, SECOND EDITION p 1034, CRC PRESS
  2. ^ "Stability and instability of solitary waves of the fifth-order KdV equation: a numerical framework" (PDF). Retrieved 8 May 2015.


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