John D. Carter
Research Interests
I study nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) with an emphasis on PDEs that model surface water waves. My work currently focuses on effects such as bathymetry, dispersion, viscosity, surface tension and vorticity. Many of these effects require the use of nonlocal PDEs such as the Whitham, fractional KdV, and Dysthe equations. My research interests include stability analysis, fast numerical methods for nonlinear evolution equations, and mathematical physics.
If you are a Seattle University student interested in these problems, please contact me regarding research opportunities.
Publications
- H. Potgieter, J.D. Carter, and D.M. Henderson. Modeling the second harmonic in surface water waves using generalizations of NLS. Water Waves, 4(1): 23-47, 2022. .pdf
- J.D. Carter, H. Kalisch, C. Kharif, and M. Abid, The cubic-vortical Whitham equation. Wave Motion, 110: 102883, 2022. .pdf
- C.R. Zaug and J.D. Carter. Dissipative models of swell propagation across the Pacific. Studies in Applied Mathematics, 147(4): 1519-1537, 2021. .pdf
- D.M. Henderson, J.D. Carter, and M.E. Catalano. On the variation of bi-periodic waves in the transverse direction. Studies in Applied Mathematics, 147(4): 1388-1408, 2021. .pdf
- J.D. Carter and B. Deconinck. An interview with Harvey Segur. Studies in Applied Mathematics, 147(4): 1199-1208, 2021. .pdf
- J.D. Carter, E. Dinvay, and H. Kalisch. Fully dispersive Boussinesq models with uneven bathymetry. Journal of Engineering Mathematics, 127: 10, 2021. .pdf
- J.D. Carter, C.W. Curtis, and H. Kalisch. Particle trajectories in nonlinear Schrodinger models. Water Waves, 2: 31-57, 2020. .pdf
- C. Kharif, M. Abid, J.D. Carter, and H. Kalisch, Stability of periodic progressive gravity wave solutions of the Whitham equation in the presence of vorticity, Physics Letters A, 384(2), 126060, 2020. .pdf
- J.D. Carter and M. Rozman, Stability of periodic, traveling-wave solutions to the capillary-Whitham equation. Fluids, 4(1): 58, 2019. .pdf
- J.D. Carter, D. Henderson, and I. Butterfield. A comparison of frequency downshift
models of wave trains on deep water. Physics of Fluids, 31: 013103, 2019. .pdf
- C.W. Curtis, J.D. Carter, and H. Kalisch. Deep water
particle paths in the presence of currents. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 855: 322-350, 2018. .pdf
- J.D. Carter. Bidirectional Whitham equations as models
of waves on shallow water. Wave Motion, 82: 51-61, 2018. .pdf
- D. Eeltink, A. Lemoine, H. Branger, O. Kimmoun,
C. Kharif, J.D. Carter, A. Chabchoub, M. Brunetti, and J. Kasparian.
Spectral up- and downshifting of Akhmediev breathers under wind
forcing. Physics of Fluids, 29: 107103, 2017. .pdf
- D. Mitsotakis, D. Dutykh, and J.D. Carter. On the
nonlinear dynamics of the traveling-wave solutions of the Serre
system. Wave Motion, 70: 166-182, 2017. .pdf
- J.D. Carter and A. Govan. Frequency downshift in a
viscous fluid. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids,
59: 177-185, 2016. .pdf
- J.D. Carter, D. Helliwell, A. Henrich, M. Principe,
and J.M. Sloughter. Improving student success in calculus at Seattle
University. PRIMUS, 26(2): 105-124, 2016.
- N. Sanford, K. Kodama, J.D. Carter, and H. Kalisch.
Stability of traveling wave solutions to the Whitham equation.
Physics Letters A, 378: 2100-2107, 2014. .pdf
- J.D. Carter. Plane wave solutions of a dissipative
generalization of the vector nonlinear Schrodinger equation.
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 82: 1038-1046,
2012. .pdf
- J.D. Carter. A Review of Mathematica: A
Problem-Centered Approach. SIAM Review, 53:
583-585, 2011.
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- J.D. Carter and R. Cienfuegos. The kinematics and
stability of solitary and cnoidal wave solutions of the Serre
equations. European Journal of Mechanics B: Fluids, 30:
259-268, 2011.
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- D.M. Henderson, H. Segur and J.D. Carter. Experimental
evidence of stable wave patterns on deep water. Journal of Fluid
Mechanics, 658, 247-278, 2010.
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- J.D. Carter and C.C. Contreras. Stability of
plane-wave solutions of a dissipative generalization of the nonlinear
Schrodinger equation. Physica D, 237: 3292-3296, 2008.
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- J.D. Carter. A Review of Maple and Mathematica: A
Problem Solving Approach. .pdf
- J.D. Carter. A Review of Mathematica 6.
SIAM Review, 50: 149-152, 2008. .pdf
- B. Deconinck, F. Kiyak and J.D. Carter. SpectrUW version
2.0, April 2007.
- N. Canney and J.D. Carter. Stability of plane waves on deep water
with dissipation. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation,
74: 159-167, 2007.
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- B. Deconinck, F. Kiyak, J.D. Carter and J.N. Kutz. SpectrUW: a
laboratory for the numerical exploration of spectra of linear
operators.Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 74:
370-378, 2007.
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- J.D. Carter and B. Deconinck. Instabilities of one-dimensional
trivial-phase solutions of the two-dimensional cubic nonlinear
Schrodinger equation. Physica D, 214: 42-54,
2006.
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- B. Deconinck, D.E. Pelinovsky and J.D. Carter. Transverse
instabilities of deep-water solitary waves. Proceedings of the
Royal Society A, 462: 2039-2061, 2006.
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- R.J. Thelwell, J.D. Carter and B. Deconinck. Instabilities of
one-dimensional stationary solutions of the cubic nonlinear
Schrodinger equation. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and
General, 39: 73-84, 2006.
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- H. Segur, D. Henderson, J.D. Carter, J. Hammack, C. Li, D. Pheiff
and K. Socha. Stabilizing the Benjamin-Feir instability. Journal
of Fluid Mechanics, 539: 229-271, 2005. .pdf
- J.D. Carter. A Review of Mathematica 5.0.
SIAM Review, 46: 564-568, 2004. .pdf
- J.D. Carter and H. Segur. Instabilities in the two-dimensional
cubic nonlinear Schrodinger equation. Physical Review E,
68: 045601, 2003.
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- J.D. Carter (Ph.D. thesis). Stability and existence of traveling-wave
solutions of the two-dimensional nonlinear Schrodinger equation and
its higher-order generalizations. University of Colorado at Boulder,
2001.
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Curriculum Vitae