A proof of the Benjamin-Feir instability

DOI10.1007/BF00376815zbMath0845.76029WikidataQ59902108 ScholiaQ59902108MaRDI QIDQ1912926

Publication date: 22 May 1996

Published in: Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

linear stability dispersion relation center-manifold analysis ordinary differential eigenvalue problem spatial and temporal Hamiltonian structure Stokes periodic wavetrain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction (76B15) Hamilton's equations (70H05) Hydrodynamic stability (76E99)

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