The gap lemma and geometric criteria for instability of viscous shock profiles

Communications on Pure and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 797-855

  Gardner, Robert A ^a   Zumbrun, Kevin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0040942605     PISSN: 00103640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0312(199807)51:7<797::aid-cpa3>3.0.co;2-1     Document Type: Article

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