Dynamics of non-linear wave equations

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 1831-1841

  Todorova, Grozdena ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blow up; Bound state standing waves; Ground state standing waves; Non linear damped wave equations; Non linear Klein Gordon equation; Stability instability problems

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUANTUM THEORY;

BLOW-UP; BOUND STATE STANDING WAVES; GROUND STATE STANDING WAVES; NON-LINEAR DAMPED WAVE EQUATIONS; STABILITY/INSTABILITY PROBLEMS;

WAVE EQUATIONS;

EID: 4744350017     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mma.563     Document Type: Conference Paper

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