Numerical computation of solitary waves in infinite cylindrical domains

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1420-1454

  Lord, Gabriel J ^a   Peterhof, Daniela ^b   Sandstede, Björn ^c   Scheel, Arnd ^d  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIERSTRASS INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED ANALYSIS AND STOCHASTICS   (Germany)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Elliptic equation; Solitary wave

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000822594     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614299833734X     Document Type: Article

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