Solution concepts, well-posedness, and wave breaking for the Fornberg–Whitham equation
Günther Hörmann
Abstract
Abstract We discuss concepts and review results about the Cauchy problem for the Fornberg–Whitham equation, which has also been called Burgers–Poisson equation in the literature. Our focus is on a comparison of various strong and weak solution concepts as well as on blow-up of strong solutions in the form of wave breaking. Along the way we add aspects regarding semiboundedness at blow-up, from semigroups of nonlinear operators to the Cauchy problem, and about continuous traveling waves as weak solutions.
Topics & Concepts
Initial value problemBurgers' equationFocus (optics)Cauchy problemMathematicsBreaking waveMathematical analysisCauchy distributionNonlinear systemPoisson's equationCamassa–Holm equationApplied mathematicsPhysicsPartial differential equationWave propagationOpticsIntegrable systemQuantum mechanicsNonlinear Waves and SolitonsAdvanced Mathematical Physics ProblemsNonlinear Photonic Systems