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Non-resonant interacting water waves in \(2+1\) dimensions. (English) Zbl 1045.76002

Summary: We investigate the interaction among small amplitude water waves, when the fluid motion is in a basin of arbitrary, uniform depth. Waves are supposed to be non-resonant, i.e., with different group velocities that are not close to each other. Starting from the isotropic pseudo-differential Milewski-Keller equation and using an asymptotic perturbation method based on Fourier expansion and spatio-temporal rescaling, we show that the amplitude slow modulation of Fourier modes can be described by a model system of nonlinear evolution equations. We demonstrate that the system is \(C\)-integrable, i.e., can be linearized through an appropriate transformation of dependent and independent variables. A subclass of solutions gives rise to non-localized line-solitons and localized solitons (dromions). Each soliton propagates with the group velocity and during a collision maintains its shape, the only change being a phase shift.

MSC:

76B25 Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids
76M45 Asymptotic methods, singular perturbations applied to problems in fluid mechanics
76B15 Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction
35Q51 Soliton equations
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