Whitham modulation equations and application to small dispersion asymptotics and long time asymptotics of nonlinear dispersive equations
arXiv:1701.00069 · doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39214-1_10
Abstract
We review the theory of modulation equations or Whitham equations for the travelling wave solution of KdV. We then apply the Whitham modulation equations to describe the long-time asymptotics and small dispersion asymptotics of the KdV solution