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Nonlinear Waves

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This chapter is an introduction to nonlinear waves in dispersive media. We show how the interaction of nonlinear and nonlocal effects leads to such basic phenomenon as the soliton.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Houston, TX, 77004, Houston, USA

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Kunin, I.A. (1982). Nonlinear Waves. In: Elastic Media with Microstructure I. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81748-9_5

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