%0 Journal Article %T Control of water waves %A Thomas Alazard %A Pietro Baldi %A Daniel Han-Kwan %J Mathematics %D 2015 %I arXiv %X We prove local exact controllability in arbitrary short time of the two-dimensional incompressible Euler equation with free surface, in the case with surface tension. This proves that one can generate arbitrary small amplitude periodic gravity-capillary water waves by blowing on a localized portion of the free surface of a liquid. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/1501.06366v1