Stability of the travelling wave solution of the fitzhugh-nagumo system

Transactions of the American Mathematical Society

Volumn 286, Issue 2, 1984, Pages 431-469

  Jones, Christopher K R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue; Stability; Travelling wave; Winding number

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967743294     PISSN: 00029947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-1984-0760971-6     Document Type: Article

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