Compacton and periodic wave solutions of the non-linear dispersive Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper, the nonlinear dispersive Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation is solved by using the sine-cosine method. As a result, compactons, periodic, and singular periodic wave solutions are found.

Keywords

EN

Zakharov-Kuznetsov equation; Compacton; Periodic wave solution

Discipline

• 02.30.Jr: Partial differential equations
• 05.45.Yv: Solitons(see 52.35.Sb for solitons in plasma; for solitons in acoustics, see 43.25.Rq—in Acoustics Appendix; see 42.50.Md, 42.65.Tg, 42.81.Dp for solitons in optics; see also 03.75.Lm in matter waves; for solitons in space plasma physics, see 94.05.Fg; for solitary waves in fluid dynamics, see 47.35.Fg)

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 351-366

Dates

published

1 - 9 - 2007

online

28 - 4 - 2007

Contributors

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-007-0020-y