Heteroclinic Travelling Waves in Convex FPU-Type Chains

DOI10.1137/080743147zbMath1232.37040arXiv0812.1712MaRDI QIDQ2999863

Jens D. M. Rademacher, Michael Herrmann

Publication date: 17 May 2011

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.1712

zbMATH Keywords

variational principle; energy conservation; fronts; shocks; Fermi-Pasta-Ulam chain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

47J30: Variational methods involving nonlinear operators

74J30: Nonlinear waves in solid mechanics

70K44: Homoclinic and heteroclinic trajectories for nonlinear problems in mechanics

37K60: Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations

70F45: The dynamics of infinite particle systems

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