Modulating pulse solutions for quasilinear wave equations

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 221-258

  Groves, Mark D ^a   Schneider, Guido ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Moving breathers; Quasilinear wave equations; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944434282     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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