On the stability of periodic travelling waves with large spatial period

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 134-188

  Sandstede, Björn ^a   Scheel, Arnd ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Periodic travelling waves; Pulses; Stability; Wave trains

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035343506     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jdeq.2000.3855     Document Type: Article

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