Emergence of waves in a nonlinear convection-reaction-diffusion equation

Advanced Nonlinear Studies

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 251-272

  Kamin, Shoshana ^a   Rosenau, Philip ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Asymptotic behaviour of solutions; Nonlinear diffusion; Travelling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 4644348614     PISSN: 15361365     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ans-2004-0302     Document Type: Article

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