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Burgers' Equation


Burgers' equation is the partial differential equation

 u_t+uu_x=nuu_(xx)

(Benton and Platzman 1972; Zwillinger 1995, p. 417; Zwillinger 1997, p. 130). The so-called nonplanar Burgers equation is given by

 u_t+uu_x+(Ju)/(2t)=1/2deltau_xx

(Sachdev and Nair 1987; Zwillinger 1997, p. 131).

The inviscid case is related to the Bateman equation. If u(x,y) satisfies the Bateman equation and u_y!=0, then v=-u_x/u_y satisfies v_x+vv_y=0, an inviscid Burgers equation (Fairlie and Leznov 1999).


See also

Bateman Equation

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References

Benton, E. R. and Platzman, G. W. "A Table of Solutions of the One-Dimensional Burgers Equation." Quart. Appl. Math. 30, 195-212, 1972.Fairlie, D. B. and Leznov, A. N. "The Complex Bateman Equation." Lett. Math. Phys. 49, 213-216, 1999. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007619823018.Sachdev, P. L. and Nair, K. R. C. "Generalized Burgers Equations and Euler-Painlevé Transcendents. II." J. Math. Phys. 28, 997-1004, 1987.Zwillinger, D. (Ed.). CRC Standard Mathematical Tables and Formulae. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, p. 417, 1995.Zwillinger, D. Handbook of Differential Equations, 3rd ed. Boston, MA: Academic Press, p. 130, 1997.

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