On the transition from initial data to travelling waves in the Fisher-KPP equation

Dynamics and Stability of Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 167-174

  Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a,b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; LINEARIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION KINETICS;

FISHER KPP EQUATION; TRAVELLING WAVES;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0032096980     PISSN: 02681110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02681119808806258     Document Type: Article

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