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Translated from Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Mekhanika Zhidkosti i Gaza, No. 6, pp. 154–157, November–December, 1977.
In conclusion, the author thanks G. I. Petrov for valuable comments, and V. Ya. Shkadova and S. Ya. Gertsenshtein for attention to this work.
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Van Chan, C. Using the Rayleigh method in the problem of generation of surface waves on smooth water by winds. Fluid Dyn 12, 942–945 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01090334
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