Abstract
The number of spatial critical points is nonincreasing in time, for positive, analytic solutions of a scalar, nonlinear, parabolic partial differential equation in one space dimension. While proving this, we answer the question: What happens to a critical point which loses simplicity?
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1003-1009 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society |
| Volume | 106 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 1989 |
ASJC Scopus Subject Areas
- General Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics
Disciplines
- Applied Mathematics
- Applied Statistics
- Mathematics
- Physical Sciences and Mathematics
- Statistics and Probability