Electron. J. Diff. Equ., Vol. 2015 (2015), No. 147, pp. 1-30.

Inelastic collision of two solitons for generalized BBM equation with cubic nonlinearity

Jingdong Wei, Lixin Tian, Zaili Zhen, Weiwei Gao

Abstract:
We study the inelastic collision of two solitary waves of different velocities for the generalized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony (BBM) equation with cubic nonlinearity. It shows that one solitary wave is smaller than the other one in the H^1(R) energy space. We explore the sharp estimates of the nonzero residue due to the collision, and prove the inelastic collision of two solitary waves and nonexistence of a pure 2-soliton solution.

Submitted September 26, 2014. Published June 6, 2015.
Math Subject Classifications: 35Q53, 35C10, 35B35, 35B40.
Key Words: Generalized Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equation; cubic nonlinearity; solitary waves; pure 2-soliton; collision.

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Jingdong Wei
Nonlinear Scientific Research Center
Jiangsu University
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
email: wjd19871022@126.com
Lixin Tian
Nonlinear Scientific Research Center
Jiangsu University
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
email: tianlx@ujs.edu.cn, tianlixin@njnu.edu.cn
Zaili Zhen
Nonlinear Scientific Research Center
Jiangsu University
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
email: lddcb@126.com
Weiwei Gao
Nonlinear Scientific Research Center
Jiangsu University
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, China
email: yeahgaoweiwei@163.com

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