Steady water waves

Strauss, Walter

doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-2010-01302-1

Steady water waves
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Erratum: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 48 (2011), 153-153.

Abstract:

We present a survey of certain aspects of the theory of steady water waves with emphasis on the role played by vorticity. Historical background, numerical illustrations, and brief discussions of the time-dependent problem and of approximate models are included as well.

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