Qualitative properties of monostable pulsating fronts: exponential decay and monotonicity

Journal des Mathematiques Pures et Appliquees

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-399

  Hamel, François ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behavior; Fronts; Qualitative properties; Semilinear parabolic equations

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149173181     PISSN: 00217824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matpur.2007.12.005     Document Type: Article

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