Surface water waves as saddle points of the energy

Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-220

  Buffoni, B ^a   Sere E ^b   Toland, J F ^c  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0038236507     PISSN: 09442669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00526-002-0166-9     Document Type: Article

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