PDE 16: Korteweg-de Vries equation

The KdV equation is given by \[ u_t + q u u_x + u_{xxx} = 0. \]

where \(q\) is some constant.

Google: the KdV equation, solitons, nonlinear wave equations, completely integrable systems, Lax pair.

2019-03-03, Anne Kværnø