Multiple spike layers in the shadow gierermeinhardt system: Existence of equilibria and the quasi-invariant manifold

Duke Mathematical Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-111

  Kowalczyk, Michał ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002057398     PISSN: 00127094     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/S0012-7094-99-09802-2     Document Type: Article

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