Convergence of a boundary integral method for water waves

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1797-1843

  Beale, J Thomas ^a   Hou, Thomas Y ^b   Lowengrub, John ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary integral methods; Surface tension; Water waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 1542680901     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142993245750     Document Type: Article

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