An analytical proof of the linear stability of the viscous shock profile of the Burgers equation with fourth-order viscosity

SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 927-936

  Engelberg, Shlomo ^a  

^a Jerusalem Coll Technol Machon L   (Israel)

Author keywords

Stability; Viscous shock profiles

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033243618     PISSN: 00361410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S003614109833639X     Document Type: Article

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