Existence and stability of propagating fronts for an autocatalytic reaction-diffusion system

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 346-368

  Focant, S ^a   Gallay, Th ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Fronts; Reaction diffusion equations; Stability; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000156777     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00096-7     Document Type: Article

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