For free-surface water flows with a vorticity that is monotone with depth, we show that any critical point of a functional representing the total energy of the flow adjusted with a measure of the vorticity, subject to the constraints of fixed mass and horizontal momentum, is a steady water wave.
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Constantin et al. (2006) studied this question.
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