On the Steadiness of Symmetric Solutions to Two Dimensional Dispersive Models

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the steadiness of symmetric solutions to two dispersive models in shallow water and hyperelastic mechanics, respectively. These models are derived previously in the two-dimensional setting and can be viewed as the generalization of the Camassa–Holm and Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equations. For these two models, we prove that the symmetry of classical solutions implies steadiness in the horizontal direction. We also confirm the connection between symmetry and steadiness for solutions in weak formulation, which covers in particular the peaked solutions.