The propagation of travelling waves in an open cubic autocatalytic chemical system

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

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 273-309

  Merkin, J H ^a   Sadiq, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; INTEGRATION; REACTION KINETICS; WAVE PROPAGATION;

HOPF BIFURCATION; OPEN CUBIC AUTOCATALYTIC CHEMICAL SYSTEM; SPATIOTEMPORAL CHAOTIC BEHAVIOR; TRAVELLING WAVES;

WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030380539     PISSN: 02724960     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imamat/57.3.273     Document Type: Article

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