The History of the Soliton

DOI10.1115/1.3167195zbMath0553.76016OpenAlexW2119891251MaRDI QIDQ3216284

Alan C. Newell

Publication date: 1983

Published in: Journal of Applied Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.3167195

zbMATH Keywords

Korteweg-de Vries equationsine-Gordon equationFermi-Pasta-Ulam probleminverse scattering transformationKruskal-Zabusky solutionRussell's discovery

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids (76B25) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to history and biography (01-02) History of fluid mechanics (76-03)

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