The connection of curves and surfaces in R3 to some nonlinear partial differential equations is very well known in differential geometry [1], [2]. Motion of curves on two dimensional surfaces in differential geometry lead to some integrable nonlinear differential equations such as nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation [3], Korteweg de Vries (KdV) and modified Korteweg de Vries (mKdV) equations [...

Stable embedded solitons are discovered in the generalized third-order nonlinear Schrödinger equation. When this equation can be reduced to a perturbed complex modified Korteweg-de Vries equation, we developed a soliton perturbation theory which shows that a continuous family of sech-shaped embedded solitons exist and are nonlinearly stable. These analytical results are confirmed by our numeric...

The reduced Ostrovsky equation is a modification of the Korteweg-de Vries equation, in which the usual linear dispersive term with a third-order derivative is replaced by a linear non-local integral term, which represents the effect of background rotation. This equation is integrable provided a certain curvature constraint is satisfied. We demonstrate, through theoretical analysis and numerical...

The Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation has improved short-wavelength behaviour, as compared to the Korteweg-de Vries equation, and is another uni-directional wave equation with cnoidal wave solutions. Cnoidal wave solutions can appear in other applications than surface gravity waves as well, for instance to describe ion acoustic waves in plasma physics. Using a computerized symbolic computation tech...

Purely dispersive equations as the Korteweg-de Vries and the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in the limit of small dispersion have solutions to Cauchy problems with smooth initial data which develop a zone of rapid modulated oscillations in the region where the corresponding dispersionless equations have shocks or blowup. Fourth order time-stepping in combination with spectral methods is benefic...

It is well known that the Boussinesq equation is the bidirectional equivalent of the celebrated Korteweg-de Vries equation. Here we consider Boussinesq-type versions of two classical unidirectional integrable equations. A procedure is presented for deriving multisoliton solutions of one of these equations – a bidirectional Kaup–Kupershmidt equation. These solitons have the unusual property that...

The Korteweg-de Vries equation was first derived by Boussinesq and Korteweg and de Vries as a model for long-crested small-amplitude long waves propagating on the surface of water. The same partial differential equation has since arisen as a model for unidirectional propagation of waves in a variety of physical systems. In mathematical studies, consideration has been given principally to pure i...