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7 - Validity and Non-Validity of the Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation as a Model for Water Waves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 February 2016

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Guido Schneider
Edited by
Thomas J. Bridges ,
Mark D. Groves  and
David P. Nicholls
Guido Schneider
Affiliation:
Universität Stuttgart
Thomas J. Bridges
Affiliation:
University of Surrey
Mark D. Groves
Affiliation:
Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany
David P. Nicholls
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
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Lectures on the Theory of Water Waves , pp. 121 - 139
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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