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The behaviour near the crest of an extreme Stokes wave

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2010

L. E. FRAENKEL
L. E. FRAENKEL*
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Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK email: L.E.Fraenkel@bath.ac.uk
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Abstract

In the preceding paper by Fraenkel & Harwin, the existence theorem leaves a gap in the description of the extreme wave that is constructed there. The form of the wave in a neighbourhood of the crest is not described accurately enough. This weakness is repaired in the present paper.

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European Journal of Applied Mathematics , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 2010 , pp. 165 - 180
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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