Resumen
The Second-order Mode Coupling Equation (SMCE) is applied to the 3-dimensional evolution of a solitary wave the crest-line of which is not straight but bent initially. It is found that the bent solitary wave recovers a straight crest-line spontaneously by producing a nonuniform distribution of waveheight and hence that of propagation speed along the crest-line.
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