On the role of diffusivity in some stable equilibria of a diffusion equation

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-244

  Do Nascimento, Arnaldo Simal ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

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EID: 0033164404     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.1998.3579     Document Type: Article

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