Symmetry of steady deep-water waves with vorticity

authored by: Adrian Constantin, Joachim Escher
Abstract: For a large class of vorticities we prove that a steady periodic deep-water wave must be symmetric if its profile is monotone between crests and troughs.
Organisation(s): Institute of Applied Mathematics
External Organisation(s): Lund University
Type: Article
Journal: European Journal of Applied Mathematics
Volume: 15
Pages: 755-768
No. of pages: 14
ISSN: 0956-7925
Publication date: 12.2004
Publication status: Published
Peer reviewed: Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas: Applied Mathematics
Electronic version(s): https://doi.org/10.1017/S0956792504005777 (Access: Unknown)
https://doi.org/10.15488/2704 (Access: Open)