Algebraic decay and variable speeds in wavefront solutions of a scalar reaction-diffusion equation

IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics (Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications)

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 289-302

  Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a   Marchant, Ben P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; KINETIC THEORY; LINEARIZATION; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPEED; WAVEFRONTS;

ALGEBRAIC DECAY; SCALAR REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; TRAVELLING WAVE SOLUTION; VARIABLE SPEEDS;

EQUATIONS OF MOTION;

EID: 0030171463     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/56.3.289     Document Type: Article

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