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Author:Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder
Description: The Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation approximates the slow evolution of gravity-induced waves of moderate amplitude on shallow water of uniform depth when the waves are nearly one-dimensional. A natural generalization of an equation derived by Korteweg & deVries, the KP equation admits a large family of exact quasiperiodic solutions. See KP pictures, movies, and a water wave picture; download papers on the equation; read lore about the KP equation's discovery and application toward the modelling of waves of beer.
Levels: College, Research
Languages: English
Resource Types: Graphics, Video, Articles
Math Topics: Partial Differential Equations, Fluid Mechanics

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