Some General Results for Multi-dimensional Compactonsin Generalized N-dimensional KdV Equations

Abstract

We derive a general theorem relating the energy and momentum with the velocity of any solitary wave solution of the generalized KdV equation in $N$-dimensions that follows from an action principle. Further, we show that our $N$-dimensional Lagrangian formulation leads to a subclass of the equations discussed recently by Rosenau, Hyman and Staley.

12 pages, no figures (submitted to Physica D)