The Evans Function and Generalized Melnikov Integrals

DOI10.1137/S0036141097327963zbMath0921.34009MaRDI QIDQ4255770

Todd Kapitula

Publication date: 27 June 1999

Published in: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

stabilitytravelling wavesEvans function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Geometric methods in ordinary differential equations (34A26) Estimates of eigenvalues in context of PDEs (35P15) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Special ordinary differential equations (Mathieu, Hill, Bessel, etc.) (34B30) Homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C37) Dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-XX)

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