The sub-harmonic bifurcation of stokes waves

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 241-271

  Buffoni, B ^a   Dancer, E N ^b   Toland, J F ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034384354     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002050000087     Document Type: Article

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