Existence and conditional energetic stability of three-dimensional fully localised solitary gravity-capillary water waves

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1006-1096

  Buffoni, B ^a   Groves, M D ^b,c   Sun, S M ^d   Wahlen E ^e  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84870372052     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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