Existence, uniqueness, and stability of generalized traveling waves in time dependent monostable equations

Journal of Dynamics and Differential Equations

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-44

  Shen, Wenxian ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Almost periodic function; Average propagating speed; Generalized traveling wave solution wave speed; Monostable equation; Spreading speed; Sub solution unique ergodic function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895904626     PISSN: 10407294     EISSN: 15729222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10884-010-9200-3     Document Type: Article

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