Asymptotic nonlinear stability of traveling waves to conservation laws arising from chemotaxis

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 250, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1310-1333

  Li, Tong ^a   Wang Zhi An, Z A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chemotaxis; Conservation law; Energy estimates; Keller Segel model; Large amplitude; Nonlinear stability; Traveling waves

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349306274     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2010.09.020     Document Type: Article

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