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= Water Waves Website =
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<div style="font-size:162%; border:none; margin:0; padding:.1em; color:#000;">Welcome to '''Wikiwaves''',</div>
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<div style="top:+0.2em; font-size:95%;">the water waves wiki.</div>
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* [[:Category:Simple Linear Waves|Simple waves]]
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* [[:Category:Linear Water-Wave Theory|Linear water waves]]
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* [[:Category:Geophysics|Geophysics]]
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[[:Category:Reference|References]]&nbsp;'''·''' [[Standard Notation|Standard notation]]&nbsp;'''·''' [[test | Test page]]
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Welcome to the water waves website. This site is just beginning and right now we want people to make
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contributions. We are still not sure exactly what is the best format and we are aware that there will
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be lots of questions, changes etc. that will have to be made as we go along.
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Water waves are beautiful and their mathematics is fascinating, deep, and full of amazing results. Their understanding is also of great practical importance for the design of marine structures.  
  
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The first thing to do is to create an account so that you can login and create or edit pages. Then start to
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This wiki is devoted to the mathematics of water waves and to providing an online reference to explain all aspects of their theory.  The wiki is a work in progress and strongly reflects the research interests of [[Michael Meylan]] who is doing most of work! However, you are strongly encouraged to contribute in any way you see fit (see [[Why you should contribute]]).
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Remember, the aim of this site is to be as useful as possible. This is very different from being as accurate as
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For a brief course in wave-body interactions begin with [[:Category:Ocean Wave Interaction with Ships and Offshore Structures|Wave and Wave Body Interactions]].
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*[[:Category:Eigenfunction Matching Method|Eigenfunction Matching Method]]: The eigenfunction matching method.
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*[[:Category:Wave Scattering in the Marginal Ice Zone|Wave Scattering in the Marginal Ice Zone]]: A description of the geophysical problem in water wave scattering.
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*[[:Category:Interaction Theory|Interaction Theory]]: Presents the theory of multiple body interactions.
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===About Us===
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just begun to experiment with this page) please contact [[Gareth Hegarty]].
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[[Image:NZIMA.jpg|thumb|right]]
  
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This website was started by [[Michael Meylan]] and is being initially supported by a grant from
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This website is organised by [[Michael Meylan]] and [[WikiWaves:Administrators|others]]. It was initially supported by a grant from the  
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[http://www.nzima.auckland.ac.nz/ New Zealand Institute of Mathematics].  
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A significant amount of the initial content was derived from the [http://ocw.mit.edu/index.html MIT opencourseware].
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Latest revision as of 03:27, 29 October 2012

Welcome to Wikiwaves,
the water waves wiki.
363 articles
FAQ

References · Standard notation · Test page

Introduction

Water waves are beautiful and their mathematics is fascinating, deep, and full of amazing results. Their understanding is also of great practical importance for the design of marine structures.

This wiki is devoted to the mathematics of water waves and to providing an online reference to explain all aspects of their theory. The wiki is a work in progress and strongly reflects the research interests of Michael Meylan who is doing most of work! However, you are strongly encouraged to contribute in any way you see fit (see Why you should contribute).

For a brief course in wave-body interactions begin with Wave and Wave Body Interactions.

Featured pages

Wikiwaves announcements

  • At the moment we are trying to link this wiki to computer code.
  • We appreciate all and every edit - even fixing a typing mistake.

About Us

NZIMA.jpg

This website is organised by Michael Meylan and others. It was initially supported by a grant from the New Zealand Institute of Mathematics. A significant amount of the initial content was derived from the MIT opencourseware.

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