Finding stationary fronts for a discrete Nagumo and wave equation; construction

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-23

  Elmer, Christopher E ^a  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integrable map; Lattice resistance; Propagation failure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES; REACTION KINETICS;

INTEGRABLE MAP; LATTICE RESISTANCE; PROPAGATION FAILURE;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 33646928682     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physd.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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