Demonstration of the stability or instability of multibreathers at low coupling

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 180, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 235-255

  Archilla, J F R ^a   Cuevas, J ^a   Sanchez Rey B ^a   Alvarez, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Discrete breathers; Intrinsic localized modes; Multibreathers

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; STABILITY;

DISCRETE BREATHERS;

THEOREM PROVING;

EID: 0038485700     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(03)00064-2     Document Type: Article

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