On a class of singular nonlinear traveling wave equations

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4049-4065

  Li, Jibin ^a,b   Chen, Guanrong ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Breaking wave; Kink wave; Nonlinear wave equation; Periodic wave; Singular reaction diffusion equation; Solitary wave

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; SOLITONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

BREAKING WAVES; KINK WAVES; NONLINEAR WAVE EQUATIONS; PERIODIC WAVES; SINGULAR REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 39449088560     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127407019858     Document Type: Article

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