A variant of Newton's method for the computation of traveling waves of bistable differential-difference equations

Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 493-517

  Elmer, Christopher E ^a   Van Vleck, Erik S ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Mixed type functional differential equations; Newton's method; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 4444281421     PISSN: 10407294     EISSN: 15729222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016386414393     Document Type: Article

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