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Cnoidal Waves from Korteweg-de Vries Equation

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η
2
3.
H
2.3
m
0.9
x
0.26
c
1.
λ
0.46
A cnoidal wave is an exact periodic traveling-wave solution of the Korteweg–de Vries (KdV) equation, first derived by them in 1895. Such a wave describes surface waves whose wavelength is large compared to the water depth.