(1) National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, S. P. Timoshenko Institute of Mechanics, Kiev;(2) University of Rome La Sapienza,, Rome, Italy
Abstract:
The profile of a solitary wave as a function of the trough size is studied. Profiles are specified in the form of the Chebyshov–Hermite and Whittaker functions. The convenience of introducing a new parameter in units of length is demonstrated