Abstract
THE GENERALIZED Boussinesq equation, u tt - u xx + [f(u)] xx + u xxxx = 0, and its periodic traveling wave solutions are considered. Using the transform z = x - wt, the equation is converted to a nonlinear ordinary differential equation with periodic boundary conditions. An equivalent relation between the ordinary differential equation and a Hammerstein-type integral equation is then established by using the Green's function method. This integral equation generates compact operators in (C 2T , ∥.∥), a Banach space of real-valued continuous periodic functions with a given period 2T. We prove that for small T > 0, there exists an r > 0 such that there is no nontrivial solution to the integral equation in the ball B(0,r) ⊆ C 2T . And hence, the generalized Boussinesq equation has no 2T-periodic traveling wave solutions having amplitude less than r.
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