Coherent structures generated by inhomogeneities in oscillatory media

SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 236-262

  Kollár, Richard ^a   Scheel, Arnd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Coherent structures; Eikonal equation; Phase diffusion; Reaction diffusion; Target patterns

Indexed keywords

COHERENT STRUCTURES; EIKONAL EQUATION; PHASE DIFFUSION; REACTION-DIFFUSION; TARGET PATTERNS;

CHANNEL FLOW; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; MODULATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 40749110185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15360040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/060666950     Document Type: Article

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