A robust numerical method to study oscillatory instability of gap solitary waves

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-158

  Derks, Gianne ^a   Gottwald, Georg A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Edge bifurcation; Exterior algebra; Gap solitary wave; Massive Thirring model; Numerical Evans function; Oscillatory instability

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; LINEAR ALGEBRA; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOLITONS;

EDGE BIFURCATION; EXTERIOR ALGEBRA; GAP SOLITARY WAVE; MASSIVE THIRRING MODEL; NUMERICAL EVANS FUNCTION; OSCILLATORY INSTABILITY;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

EID: 33644882810     PISSN: 15360040     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/040605308     Document Type: Article

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