A Lagrangian approximation to the water-wave problem

Applied Mathematics Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 789-795

  Constantin, A ^a  

^a Lund Univ PO Box 118 S 22100 ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Variational method; Water waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035480042     PISSN: 08939659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0893-9659(01)00045-3     Document Type: Article

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