Nonlinear eigenvalue problems in the stability analysis of morphogen gradients

Studies in Applied Mathematics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-215

  Lou, Y ^b   Nie, Q ^b   Wan, F Y M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DECAY (ORGANIC); EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; NONLINEAR ANALYSIS; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

CONDITION; DIRICHLET; DROSOPHILLA; EIGEN-VALUE; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; MORPHOGEN GRADIENTS; NONLINEAR EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; STABILITY ANALYZE; STEADY STATE; STEADY STATE SOLUTION;

LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 4043147818     PISSN: 00222526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9590.2004.01530.x     Document Type: Article

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