Global bifurcation theory of deep-water waves with vorticity

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1482-1521

  Hur, Vera Mikyoung ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Leray Schauder degree; Nonlinear elliptic; Vorticity; Water waves

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL THEORY OF BIFURCATION; LERAY-SCHAUDER DEGREE; NONLINEAR ELLIPTIC;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VORTEX FLOW; WATER WAVES;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS);

EID: 33748851570     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040621168     Document Type: Article

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