## Solitary waves for the generalized equal width (GEW) equation.(English)Zbl 1064.65114

Summary: The authors consider solitary wave solutions of the generalized equal width (GEW) wave equation $$u_t+\varepsilon u^p u_x-\delta u_{xxt}= 0$$. This paper presents a collocation method for the GEW equation, which is classified as a nonlinear partial differential equation using quadratic B-splines at midpoints as element shape functions. In this research, the scheme of the equation under investigation is found to be unconditionally stable.
Test problems including the single soliton and the interaction of solitons are used to validate the suggested methods that is found to be accurate and efficient. The three invariants of the motion are evaluated to determine the conservation properties of the generated scheme. Finally, a Maxwellian initial condition pulse is then studied.

### MSC:

 65M70 Spectral, collocation and related methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 76B25 Solitary waves for incompressible inviscid fluids 76M25 Other numerical methods (fluid mechanics) (MSC2010) 65M12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 35Q35 PDEs in connection with fluid mechanics 35Q51 Soliton equations
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