Least Action Principle for an integrable shallow water equation

Authors
Constantin, A Kolev, B
Citation
A. Constantin et B. Kolev, Least Action Principle for an integrable shallow water equation, J NONL M PH, 8(4), 2001, pp. 471-474
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF NONLINEAR MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
14029251 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
4
Year of publication
2001
Pages
471 - 474
Database
ISI
SICI code
1402-9251(200111)8:4<471:LAPFAI>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
For an integrable shallow water equation we describe a geometrical approach showing that any two nearby fluid configurations are successive states of a unique ow minimizing the kinetic energy.