On an integrable two-component Camassa-Holm shallow water system

Adrian Constantin, Rossen I. Ivanov

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    Abstract

    The interest in the Camassa-Holm equation inspired the search for various generalizations of this equation with interesting properties and applications. In this Letter we deal with such a two-component integrable system of coupled equations. First we derive the system in the context of shallow water theory. Then we show that while small initial data develop into global solutions, for some initial data wave breaking occurs. We also discuss the solitary wave solutions. Finally, we present an explicit construction for the peakon solutions in the short wave limit of system.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)7129-7132
    Number of pages4
    JournalPhysics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics
    Volume372
    Issue number48
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 8 Dec 2008

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