On the Vol'pert theory of travelling-wave solutions for parabolic systems

Nonlinear Analysis, Theory, Methods and Applications

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1621-1642

  Crooks, E C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degree theory; Parabolic systems; Perron Frobenius theory; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042354357     PISSN: 0362546X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0362-546X(95)00038-W     Document Type: Article

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