Multiple solutions of a boundary layer problem

Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 725-734

  Lu, Chunqing ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Laminar flow; Shooting

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

SHOOTING METHOD; STREAM FUNCTION;

BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW;

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; LAMINAR FLOW; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33845634812     PISSN: 10075704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnsns.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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