A geometric approach to generalized Stokes conjectures

Acta Mathematica

Volumn 206, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 363-403

  Varvaruca, Eugen ^a   Weiss, Georg S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

concentration compactness; frequency formula; singularity; Stokes conjecture; Water wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958782018     PISSN: 00015962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11511-011-0066-y     Document Type: Article

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