A new set of modified Legendre rational functions which are mutually orthogonal in L2(0,+∞) is introduced. Various projection and interpolation results using the modified Legendre rational functions are established. These results form the mathematical foundation of related spectral and pseudospectral methods for solving partial differential equations on the half line. A spectral scheme using th...

This class of equations was introduced by Kichenassamy and Olver [16]. It contains in particular the Kawahara equation [14] introduced to model magneto-acoustic waves, the various models derived by Olver [18] for the unidirectional propagation of waves in shallow water when the third order term appearing in the Korteweg-de Vries equation is small, and many other models. See [16] for a discussio...

We consider the (KdV)/(KP-I) asymptotic regime for the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation with a general nonlinearity. In a previous work, we have proved the convergence to the Korteweg-de Vries equation (in dimension 1) and to the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation (in higher dimensions) by a compactness argument. We propose a weakly transverse Boussinesq type system formally equivalent to the (KdV)/...

We study local and global well posedness of the k-generalized Korteweg-de Vries equation in weighted Sobolev spaces Hs(R) ∩ L2(|x|2rdx).

In this paper we establish a method to obtain the stability of periodic travelling-wave solutions for equations of Korteweg–de Vries-type ut + uux − Mux = 0, with M being a general pseudodifferential operator and where p ≥ 1 is an integer. Our approach uses the theory of totally positive operators, the Poisson summation theorem, and the theory of Jacobi elliptic functions. In particular we obta...

We show that the well-known order reduction phenomenon affecting implicit Runge-Kutta methods does not occur when approximating periodic solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation.

The behavior of linear and nonlinear dust acoustic waves (DAWs) in an unmagnetized plasma including inertialess electrons and positrons, ions, and mobile positive/negative dust grains are studied. Reductive perturbation method is employed for small and finite amplitude DAWs. To investigate the solitary waves, the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation is derived and the solution is presented. B...

In this work we obtain some a priori estimates for a higher order Schrödinger equation and in particular we obtain some a priori estimates for the modified Korteweg-de Vries equation.

The transformation of a weakly nonlinear interfacial solitary wave in an ideal twolayer flow over a step is studied. In the vicinity of the step the wave transformation is described in the framework of the linear theory of long interfacial waves, and the coefficients of wave reflection and transmission are calculated. A strong transformation arises for propagation into shallower water, but a we...

Long waves in a current of an inviscid fluid of constant density flowing through a channel ofarbitrary cross section under disturbances of pressure distribution on free surface and obstructors on thewall of the channel are considered. The first order asymptotic approximation of the elevation of the freesurface satisfies a forced Korteweg-de Vries equation when the current is nea...