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On global solutions to a nonlinear Alfvén wave equation

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  1. Numerical Laboratory for Heliospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 8701, Beijing 100080, China

Abstract

We establish the global existence and uniqueness of smooth solutions to a nonlinear Alfvén wave equation arising in a finite-beta plasma. In addition, the spatial asymptotic behavior of the solution is discussed.

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nonlinear Alfvén wave, existence and uniqueness of global solution, spatial asymptotic behavior

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Annales Polonici Mathematici
1995/62/2
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Pages:
155-172
Main language of publication
English
Received
1994-11-20
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences