Spatial dynamics methods for solitary gravity-capillary water waves with an arbitrary distribution of vorticity

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 932-964

  Groves, M D ^a   Wahlen E ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bifurcation theory; Capillarity; Vorticity; Water waves

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CAPILLARITY; HYDRODYNAMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; VORTICITY;

BIFURCATION THEORY; IRROTATIONAL SOLITARY WAVES; LOCAL BIFURCATION DIAGRAM; SMALL-AMPLITUDE SOLITARY-WAVE SOLUTIONS;

WATER WAVES;

EID: 44649159515     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060676040     Document Type: Article

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