In this paper, we derive a Bäcklund transformation for the supersymmetric Korteweg-de Vries equation. We also construct a nonlinear superposition formula, which allows us to rebuild systematically for the supersymmetric KdV equation the soliton solutions of Carstea, Ramani and Grammaticos. The celebrated Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation was extended into super framework by Kupershmidt [3] in 19...

If the initial condition for the Korteweg-deVries (KdV) equation is a weakly nonlinear wavepacket, then its evolution is described by the Nonlinear Schrödinger (NLS) equation. This KdV/NLS connection has been known for many years, but its various aspects and implications have been discussed only in asides. In this note, we attempt a more focused and comprehensive discussion including such as is...

It is well known that x-translation and t-translation invariance of (1) leads to the following symmetries: ux, ut of the KdV equation (1). In order to find more generalized symmetries, the concepts of recursion operators or strong symmetries, and hereditary symmetries were introduced by Olver and Fuchssteiner and used to find these symmetries [1, 2]. Furthermore, Galilean invariance of the KdV ...

Evolution of perturbed embedded solitons in the general Hamiltonian fifth-order Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation is studied. When an embedded soliton is perturbed, it sheds a one-directional continuous-wave radiation. It is shown that the radiation amplitude is not minimal in general. A dynamical equation for velocity of the perturbed embedded soliton is derived. This equation shows that a neut...

In this paper, we consider multi-component generalizations of the Hirota–Satsuma coupled Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation. By introducing a Lax pair, we present a matrix generalization of the Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equation, which is shown to be reduced to a vector Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equation. By using Hirota's bilinear method, we find a few soliton solutions to the vector Hirota–Sa...

An elementary yet remarkable similarity between the Cole-Hopf transformation relating the Burgers and heat equation and Miura's transformation connecting the KdV and mKdV equations is studied in detail. 1. Introduction Our aim in this note is to display the close similarity between the well-known Cole{Hopf transformation relating the Burgers and the heat equation, and the celebrated Miura trans...

We consider a wide class of model equations, able to describe wave propagation in dispersive nonlinear media. The Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is derived in this general frame under some conditions, the physical meanings of which are clarified. It is obtained as usual at leading order in some multiscale expansion. The higher order terms in this expansion are studied making use of a multi-ti...

In a previous paper we proved that long-wavelength solutions of the waterwave problem in the case of zero surface tension split up into two wave packets, one moving to the right and one to the left, where each of these wave packets evolves independently as a solution of a Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation. In this paper we examine the effect of surface tension on this scenario. We find that we o...