Stable stationary solutions induced by spatial inhomogeneity via Γ- convergence

Bulletin of the Brazilian Mathematical Society

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-97

  Do Nascimento, Arnaldo Simal ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gamma convergence; Reaction diffusion equations; Spatial Inhomogeneity; Stable equilibria

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009316775     PISSN: 01003569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf01245869     Document Type: Article

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