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An integral equation for unsteady surface waves and a comment on the Boussinesq equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 March 2006

J. G. B. Byatt-Smith
Affiliation:
University of California Aeronautical Sciences Division, Berkeley, California 94720 Present address: Trait Institute of Mathematical Physics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland

Abstract

An integral equation for unsteady inviscid surface waves has been obtained. Existing known approximations are all derived from the one equation. The Boussinesq equation is obtained and criticized.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1971 Cambridge University Press

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