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On Wilton ripples, II: Rigorous results

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Communicated by S. Antman

The research reported here was supported in part by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada under Grant No. A 8560.

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Reeder, J., Shinbrot, M. On Wilton ripples, II: Rigorous results. Arch. Rational Mech. Anal. 77, 321–347 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280641

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