Existence of permanent and breaking waves for a shallow water equation: A geometric approach

Annales de l'Institut Fourier

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 321-362

  Constantin, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diffeomorphism group; Geodesic flow; Global solutions; Nonlinear evolution equation; Riemannian structure; Shallow water waves; Wave breaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034415062     PISSN: 03730956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5802/aif.1757     Document Type: Article

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