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11: 30.4 Functions of the First Kind
§30.4 Functions of the First Kind
►§30.4(i) Definitions
… ►If , reduces to the Ferrers function : … ►§30.4(ii) Elementary Properties
… ►§30.4(iv) Orthogonality
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§13.28(i) Exact Solutions of the Wave Equation
►The reduced wave equation in paraboloidal coordinates, , , , can be solved via separation of variables , where …13: 30 Spheroidal Wave Functions
Chapter 30 Spheroidal Wave Functions
…14: 36.13 Kelvin’s Ship-Wave Pattern
§36.13 Kelvin’s Ship-Wave Pattern
►A ship moving with constant speed on deep water generates a surface gravity wave. …Then with denoting the acceleration due to gravity, the wave height is approximately given by … ► ►For further information see Lord Kelvin (1891, 1905) and Ursell (1960, 1994).15: 30.7 Graphics
16: 30.18 Software
17: Sidebar 21.SB2: A two-phase solution of the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation (21.9.3)
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►The agreement of these solutions with two-dimensional surface water waves in shallow water was considered in Hammack et al. (1989, 1995).
18: 21.9 Integrable Equations
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►Particularly important for the use of Riemann theta functions is the Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation, which describes the propagation of two-dimensional, long-wave length surface waves in shallow water (Ablowitz and Segur (1981, Chapter 4)):
…Here and are spatial variables, is time, and is the elevation of the surface wave.
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