Difference between revisions of "Infinite Depth"
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Revision as of 00:47, 2 June 2006
Water is sufficiently deep that the bottom surface may be assumed infinite. This is a common assumption because so much of the ocean is deep compared to the typical wavelengths of ocean swells. However, the assumption of infinite depth often does not make a significant simplification to the equations of motion and in some cases it is easier to assume Finite Depth.
