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An analytical proof for the stability of Heimburg-Jackson pulses

Analysis of PDEs 2013-03-26 v1

Abstract

This paper studies analytically the stability of solitary waves in a generalized Boussinesq equation with quadratic-cubic nonlinearity. For general values of two parameters a and b determining the system, unstable waves may occur. If however, as in a situation for which this Boussinesq equation was recently proposed as a model for pulse propagation in nerves, (a,b) belongs to a certain natural regime, then all possible waves are stable.

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@article{arxiv.1303.5941,
  title  = {An analytical proof for the stability of Heimburg-Jackson pulses},
  author = {Heinrich Freistühler and Johannes Höwing},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.5941},
  year   = {2013}
}

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8 pages, 2 figures