Singular perturbation of N-front travelling waves in the Fitzhugh-Nagumo equations

Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 515-541

  Bell, Daryl C ^a   Deng, Bo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Fitzhugh Nagumo equations; Geometric theory of singular perturbations; N front travelling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036887506     PISSN: 14681218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1468-1218(01)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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