Approximate conditional symmetries and approximate solutions of the perturbed Fitzhugh-Nagumo equation

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Shih, M ^a   Momoniat, E ^a   Mahomed, F M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

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EID: 17044384563     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1839276     Document Type: Article

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