Spectral stability of small shock waves

Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis

Volumn 164, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 287-309

  Freistuhler H ^a   Szmolyan, P ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICS IN THE SCIENCES   (Germany)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0036823704     PISSN: 00039527     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00205-002-0215-8     Document Type: Article

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