Remarks on the bifurcation of two-dimensional capillary-gravity waves of finite depth (Q1346671)

Summary: We determine two-dimensional water waves of permanent configuration. This problem is a bifurcation problem. We define a mapping \(G\) between two Hilbert spaces and prove that the solutions of the above problem are in one-to-one correspondence to the zeros of the mapping \(G\). Our most important contribution is to clarify the role of the aspect ratio , i.e., the ratio between the mean depth of the flow and the wave length. In particular, we prove that there is no degenerate bifurcation point, whatever the aspect ratio may be.