Unique Continuation for the Kawahara Equation

Authors

  • P.N. da Silva

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2007.08.03.0463

Abstract

We establish a unique continuation property for the Kawahara equation. To state such property, we use a Carleman inequality for a linear differential operator related to the Kawahara equation.

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Published

2007-06-01

How to Cite

da Silva, P. (2007). Unique Continuation for the Kawahara Equation. Trends in Computational and Applied Mathematics, 8(3), 463–473. https://doi.org/10.5540/tema.2007.08.03.0463

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Vol. 8 No. 3 (2007)

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