Some Historic Notes on An Important Early Paper about the Solitary Wave
Received:December 27, 2005  Revised:January 16, 2007
Key Words: G. Green   solitary wave   long wave   KdV equation.  
Fund Project:the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10371119).
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WANG Li-xia School of Science, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China 
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Abstract:
      This paper examines the background, method and influence of G. Green's paper about the solitary wave. It is shown that the paper was generated by Green's ability, Cambridge's atmosphere and Russell's report, and some of his basic ideal and methods were followed by later researchers in the 19th century.
Citation:
DOI:10.3770/j.issn:1000-341X.2007.04.052
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