On traveling wave solutions of fisher's equation in two spatial dimensions

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 371-391

  Brazhnik, Pavel K ^a   Tyson, John J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

BISTABLE MEDIUM; FISHER EQUATION; REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATION; TRAVELING WAVES; WAVE PATTERNS;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 0034565418     PISSN: 00361399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/s0036139997325497     Document Type: Article

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