Variational methods and applications to water waves

DOI10.1098/rspa.1967.0119zbMath0163.21104OpenAlexW2159514670MaRDI QIDQ5547430

G. B. Whitham

Publication date: 1967

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1967.0119

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fluid mechanics

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