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# Interaction of oscillatory packets of water waves

• For surface gravity water waves we give a detailed analysis of the interaction of two NLS described wave packets with different carrier waves. We separate the internal dynamics of each wave packet from the dynamics caused by the interaction and prove the validity of a formula for the envelope shift caused by the interaction of the wave packets.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 76B15; Secondary: 35Q55, 35A35.

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