Existence and stability of traveling wave fronts in reaction advection diffusion equations with nonlocal delay

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 238, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 153-200

  Wang, Zhi Cheng ^a,b   Li, Wan Tong ^a   Ruan, Shigui ^c  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of Miami   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymptotic stability; Bistable; Existence; Nonlocal delay; Reaction advection diffusion equation; Traveling wave front; Uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249084413     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2007.03.025     Document Type: Article

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