The Stefan problem for the Fisher-KPP equation

Journal of Differential Equations

Volumn 253, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 996-1035

  Du, Yihong ^a   Guo, Zongming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fisher KPP equation; Free boundary; Spreading speed; Stefan problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861234049     PISSN: 00220396     EISSN: 10902732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jde.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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