Stability of front solutions in inhomogeneous media

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 186, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 50-68

  Prat, Alain ^a   Li, Yue Xian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bistable medium; Front dynamics; Front oscillations; Reaction diffusion systems

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); CALCIUM; CELLS; DIFFUSION; FUNCTIONS; OSCILLATIONS; STABILIZATION;

INHOMOGENEOUS MEDIA;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 0242544111     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(03)00236-7     Document Type: Article

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