On a 2+1-dimensional Whitham-Broer-Kaup system: A resonant NLS connection

Abstract

It is established that the Whitham-Broer-Kaup shallow water system and the "resonant" nonlinear Schrödinger equation are equivalent. A symmetric integrable 2+1-dimensional version of the Whitham-Broer-Kaup system is constructed which, in turn, is equivalent to a recently introduced resonant Davey-Stewartson I system incorporating a Madelung-Bohm type quantum potential. A bilinear representation is adopted and resonant solitonic interaction in this new 2+1-dimensional Kaup-Broer system is exhibited.