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A note on the singularities in the theory of water waves with an inertial surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

Krishna Kundu
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Calcutta, 92, A.P.C. Road, Calcutta-700009, India.
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Abstract

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This note is concerned with the derivation of velocity potentials describing the generation of infinitesimal gravity waves in a motionless liquid with an inertial surface composed of uniformly distributed floating particles, due to fundamental line and point sources with time-dependent strengths submerged in a liquid of finite constant depth.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1986

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