Two-timing, variational principles and waves

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Publication:3214574


DOI10.1017/S002211207000188XzbMath0271.76005MaRDI QIDQ3214574

G. B. Whitham

Publication date: 1970

Published in: Journal of Fluid Mechanics (Search for Journal in Brave)


76B15: Water waves, gravity waves; dispersion and scattering, nonlinear interaction


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