Ostrovsky and Hunter's generic wave equation for weakly dispersive waves: Matched asymptotic and pseudospectral study of the paraboloidal travelling waves (corner and near-corner waves)

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 65-81

  Boyd, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 21144438883     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792504005625     Document Type: Article

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