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Non-Linear Stability Analysis of Higher Order Dissipative Partial Differential Equations

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 chao-dyn Dynamical Systems math.MP Chaotic Dynamics Pattern Formation and Solitons patt-sol

Abstract

We extend the invariant manifold method for analyzing the asymptotics of dissipative partial differential equations on unbounded spatial domains to treat equations in which the linear part has order greater than two. One important example of this type of equation which we analyze in some detail is the Cahn-Hilliard equation. We analyze the marginally stable solutions of this equation in some detail. A second context in which such equations arise is in the Ginzburg-Landau equation, or other pattern forming equations, near a codimension-two bifurcation.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9805014,
  title  = {Non-Linear Stability Analysis of Higher Order Dissipative Partial Differential Equations},
  author = {J. -P. Eckmann and C. E. Wayne},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9805014},
  year   = {2007}
}