Homoclinic orbits in reversible systems and their applications in mechanics, fluids and optics

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 158-186

  Champneys, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Homoclinic orbits; Nonlinear; Reversible systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000654735     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(97)00209-1     Document Type: Article

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