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Steady periodic capillary-gravity waves with vorticity

Wahlén, Erik LU (2006) In SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis 38(3). p.921-943
Abstract
In this paper we prove the existence of steady periodic two-dimensional capillary-gravity waves on flows with an arbitrary vorticity distribution. The original free-surface problem is first transformed to a second-order quasi-linear elliptic equation with a second-order quasi-linear boundary condition in a fixed domain by a change of variables. We then use local bifurcation theory combined with the Schauder theory of elliptic equations with Venttsel boundary conditions and spectral theory in Pontryagin spaces to construct the solutions. We show that some bifurcation points are simple while others are double, a situation already known to occur in the case of irrotational capillary-gravity waves.
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capillarity, bifurcation theory, water waves, vorticity
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SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis
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38
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3
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921 - 943
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Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
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0036-1410
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10.1137/050630465
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English
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  author       = {{Wahlén, Erik}},
  issn         = {{0036-1410}},
  keywords     = {{capillarity; bifurcation theory; water waves; vorticity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{921--943}},
  publisher    = {{Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics}},
  series       = {{SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis}},
  title        = {{Steady periodic capillary-gravity waves with vorticity}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1137/050630465}},
  doi          = {{10.1137/050630465}},
  volume       = {{38}},
  year         = {{2006}},
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