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Wave Breaking Phenomena for the Fornberg–Whitham Equation

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This paper is devoted to studying wave breaking phenomena for the Fornberg–Whitham equation. Making use of the structure and the conservation quantity of the Fornberg–Whitham equation, we give a sufficient condition on the initial data to ensure wave breaking.

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Yang, S. Wave Breaking Phenomena for the Fornberg–Whitham Equation. J Dyn Diff Equat 33, 1753–1758 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10884-020-09866-z

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