A variational principle for KPP front speeds in temporally random shear flows

Communications in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 269, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 493-532

  Nolen, James ^a   Xin, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845913264     PISSN: 00103616     EISSN: 14320916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00220-006-0144-8     Document Type: Article

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