Stability theory for solitary-wave solutions of scalar field equations (Q798532)

The authors study the stability of special travelling-wave (solitary- wave) solutions of classical scalar field equations of the form (1) \(\square\phi +u'(\phi)=0\). They prove a stability result for a certain class of solutions of (1) under some assumptions on u. Furthermore they give a general instability result for fixed points of some nonlinear maps in a Banach space. Some applications of both theorems are discussed.