The effects of obstacle size on periodic travelling waves in oscillatory reaction-diffusion equations

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 464, Issue 2090, 2008, Pages 365-390

  Smith, Matthew J ^a   Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a   Armstrong, Nicola J ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hypergeometric function; Multi annual population cycles; Parabolic partial differential equations; Wave train

Indexed keywords

BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; LINEAR EQUATIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; WASTEWATER; WAVE TRANSMISSION;

FIELD STUDIES; FLAT BOUNDARY; INFINITE DOMAINS; LEADING ORDER (LO); LIMITING VALUES; NATURAL POPULATIONS; NORMAL FORM (NF); NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS; OSCILLATORY REACTIONS; PARAMETER VALUES; PERTURBATION THEORY (PT); PREDATOR PREY SYSTEM; PREDATOR-PREY MODELING; REACTION-DIFFUSION (RD) SYSTEMS; TRAVELLING WAVES; WAVE GENERATION; WAVE PROPERTIES;

HOPF BIFURCATION;

EID: 42249086959     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2007.0198     Document Type: Article

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