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A Proof of the Stokes Conjecture in the Theory of Surface Waves *
Author(s) -
Plotnikov P. I.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
studies in applied mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.164
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1467-9590
pISSN - 0022-2526
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9590.01408
Subject(s) - conjecture , mathematics , surface (topology) , mathematical analysis , analytic proof , calculus (dental) , mathematical physics , classical mechanics , physics , pure mathematics , geometry , mathematical proof , medicine , dentistry
This article gives a proof of the famous Stokes conjecture that a gravity wave of greatest height on water has a corner with contained angle 2π/3 at its singular point.