Traveling wave behavior for a nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation

Dynamics of Continuous, Discrete and Impulsive Systems Series A: Mathematical Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 643-664

  Feng, Zhaosheng ^a   Chen, Goong ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behavior; Bifurcation; Fisher equation; Proper solution; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444567832     PISSN: 12013390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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