Critical spectrum and stability of interfaces for a class of reaction-diffusion equations

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 106-167

  Alikakos, Nicholas D ^a,b   Fusco, Giorgio ^c   Stefanopoulos, Vagelis ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

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EID: 0030594276     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1996.0046     Document Type: Article

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