Introduction: Some recent developments of nonlinear water wave theory

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1858, 2007, Pages 2195-2201

  Constantin, Adrian ^a,b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Governing equations; Model equations; Water waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548207296     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2007.2001     Document Type: Article

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