In fluid dynamics, plasma physics and nonlinear optics, Korteweg-de Vries (KdV)-type equations are used to describe certain phenomena. In this paper, a coupled KdV-modified KdV system is investigated. Based on the Bel...In fluid dynamics, plasma physics and nonlinear optics, Korteweg-de Vries (KdV)-type equations are used to describe certain phenomena. In this paper, a coupled KdV-modified KdV system is investigated. Based on the Bell polynomials and symbolic computation, the bilinear form of such system is derived, and its analytic N-soliton solutions are constructed through the Hirota method. Two types of multi-soliton interactions are found, one with the reverse of solitonic shapes, and the other, without. Both the two types can be considered elastic. For a pair of solutions to such system, u and v, with the number of solitons N even, the soliton shapes of u stay unvaried while those of v reverse after the interaction; with N odd, the soliton shapes of both u and v keep unchanged after the interaction.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 60772023the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China under Grant No. 2011BUPTYB02+1 种基金the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Information Photonics and Optical Communications (Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education under Grant No. 200800130006, Chinese Ministry of Education
文摘In fluid dynamics, plasma physics and nonlinear optics, Korteweg-de Vries (KdV)-type equations are used to describe certain phenomena. In this paper, a coupled KdV-modified KdV system is investigated. Based on the Bell polynomials and symbolic computation, the bilinear form of such system is derived, and its analytic N-soliton solutions are constructed through the Hirota method. Two types of multi-soliton interactions are found, one with the reverse of solitonic shapes, and the other, without. Both the two types can be considered elastic. For a pair of solutions to such system, u and v, with the number of solitons N even, the soliton shapes of u stay unvaried while those of v reverse after the interaction; with N odd, the soliton shapes of both u and v keep unchanged after the interaction.