SOLITONS IN A REACTION-DIFFUSION SYSTEM

被引:29
作者
TUCKWELL, HC [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,DEPT MATH,VANCOUVER V6T 1W5,BC,CANADA
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10.1126/science.205.4405.493
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Solitary waves in reaction-diffusion systems usually annihilate on collision. A nonlinear system of reaction-diffusion equations has been constructed which has solitons: solitary waves whose interaction in a collision results in the emergence of two solitary waves identical to the colliding waves. Copyright © 1979 AAAS.
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