Stability of compressive and undercompressive thin film travelling waves

European Journal of Applied Mathematics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 253-291

  Bertozzi, Andrea L ^a   Münch, Andreas ^b   Shearer, Michael ^c   Zumbrun, Kevin ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035613891     PISSN: 09567925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0956792501004466     Document Type: Article

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