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This paper gives a new and direct proof for McKean’s theorem (McKean in Asian J. Math. 2:867–874, 1998) on wave breaking of the Camassa–Holm equation. The blow-up profile is also analyzed.
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Jiang, Z., Ni, L. & Zhou, Y. Wave Breaking of the Camassa–Holm Equation. J Nonlinear Sci 22, 235–245 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00332-011-9115-0
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