On the symmetry of periodic gravity water waves with vorticity. (Q364246)

The paper deals with planar and periodic water waves traveling at the surface of an inviscid fluid when gravity is the predominant extremal force acting on the fluid. Existence of a vertical line where the all streamlines take their global minimum and monotonicity of the wave profile near this line but just on one side of it are required. The authors prove, that there exists a minimal period such that the wave has within this period exactly one crest and is symmetric with respect to the vertical line containing the crest. Moreover, the wave is monotone on either side of the crest.