Stability of discrete solitons in nonlinear Schrödinger lattices

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 212, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 1-19

  Pelinovsky, D E ^a   Kevrekidis, P G ^b   Frantzeskakis, D J ^c  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Discrete nonlinear Schr dinger equation; Discrete solitons; Existence and stability; Lyapunov Schmidt reductions

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SOLITONS;

DISCRETE NONLINEAR SCHRÖDINGER EQUATIONS; DISCRETE SOLITONS; EXISTENCE AND STABILITY; LYAPUNOV-SCHMIDT REDUCTIONS;

CRYSTAL LATTICES;

EID: 27744488045     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.07.021     Document Type: Article

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