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An examination of Whitham's exact averaged variational principle

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

A. D. Gilbert
A. D. Gilbert
Affiliation:
Fluid Mechanics Research Institute, University of Essex
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Whitham's exact averaged variational principle is found by a new method. Comparisons are drawn between this method and the method advanced by Whitham. Further results about the Euler equations from this variational principle are obtained.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 76 , Issue 1 , July 1974 , pp. 327 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1974

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