Bifurcation behavior of a superlattice model

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 2029-2057

  Moscoso, M ^a   Galan J ^b   Bonilla, L L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CHAOS THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

CURRENT INSTABILITIES; TAKENS BOGDANOV BIFURCATIONS;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 0034476269     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036139998336754     Document Type: Article

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