Generation of Secondary Solitary Waves in the Variable-Coefficient Korteweg-de Vries Equation
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چکیده
We consider the solitary wave solutions of a Korteweg-de Vries equation, where the coefficients in the equation vary with time over a certain region. When these coefficients vary rapidly compared with the solitary wave, then it is well-known that the solitary wave may fission into two or more solitary waves. On the other hand, when these coefficients vary slowly, the solitary wave deforms adiabatically with the production of a trailing shelf. In this paper we re-examine this latter case, and show that the trailing shelf, on a very long time-scale, can lead to the generation of small secondary solitary waves. This result thus provides a connection between the adiabatic deformation regime, and the fission regime.
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