Nonsharp travelling wave fronts in the Fisher equation with degenerate nonlinear diffusion

DOI10.1016/0893-9659(96)00069-9zbMath0903.35026MaRDI QIDQ1392804

Jonathan A. Sherratt, B. P. Marchant

Publication date: 28 July 1998

Published in: Applied Mathematics Letters (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:eb887925-3724-4f67-a5f2-eb0f0abad9e6

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic approximation; singular perturbation theory; matched asymptotic analysis; sharp-front wave; smooth-front waves; travelling wave structure

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

92D30: Epidemiology

35K55: Nonlinear parabolic equations

35K65: Degenerate parabolic equations

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