A multiplicity result for solitary gravity-capillary waves in deep water via critical-point theory

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 183-220

  Buffoni, B ^a   Groves, M D ^a  

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EID: 0033466324     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050050141     Document Type: Article

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