Abstract
Analyzing a free boundary problem for harmonic functions we show that there are no closed particle paths in an irrotational inviscid traveling wave propagating at the surface of water over a flat bed: within a period each particle experiences a backward-forward motion with a slight forward drift.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 523-535 |
| Journal | Inventiones Mathematicae |
| Volume | 166 |
| Issue number | 3 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Mathematical Sciences