Global convergence toward traveling fronts in nonlinear parabolic systems with a gradient structure

Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Analyse Non Lineaire

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 381-424

  Risler, Emmanuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Bistable traveling front; Energy functional; Global convergence; Gradient structure; Maximum principle; Nonlinear parabolic system

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; GRADIENT METHODS; MAXIMUM PRINCIPLE;

BISTABLE TRAVELING FRONT; GRADIENT STRUCTURE; NONLINEAR PARABOLIC SYSTEM;

NONLINEAR SYSTEMS;

EID: 40049097937     PISSN: 02941449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anihpc.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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