The Korteweg-de Vries Equation
arXiv:1308.5306
Abstract
Two page encyclopedic article about the Korteweg-de Vries equation covering historical perspective, solitary wave and periodic solutions, modern developments, properties and applications, and further reading.
To appear in The Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics edited by Nicholas J. Higham, Mark Dennis, Paul Glendinning, Paul Martin, Fadil Santosa and Jared Tanner and published by Princeton University Press. All rights reserved