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Evans function computation for the stability of travelling waves
B Barker1, J Humpherys2, G Lyng3
1Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
Abstract:
In recent years, the Evans function has become an important tool for the determination of stability of travelling waves. This function, a Wronskian of decaying solutions of the eigenvalue equation, is useful both analytically and computationally for the spectral analysis of the linearized operator about the wave. In particular, Evans-function computation allows one to locate any unstable eigenvalues of the linear operator (if they exist); this allows one to establish spectral stability of a given wave and identify bifurcation points (loss of stability) as model parameters vary. In this paper, we review computational aspects of the Evans function and apply it to multidimensional detonation waves.This article is part of the theme issue 'Stability of nonlinear waves and patterns and related topics'.
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