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Balanced flux formulations for multidimensional Evans-function computations for viscous shocks


Authors: Blake Barker, Jeffrey Humpherys, Gregory Lyng and Kevin Zumbrun
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 76 (2018), 531-545
MSC (2010): Primary 35Q35, 76L05, 35Pxx
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/1492
Published electronically: October 25, 2017
MathSciNet review: 3805041
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Abstract: The Evans function is a powerful tool for the stability analysis of viscous shock profiles; zeros of this function carry stability information. In the one-dimensional case, it is typical to compute the Evans function using Goodman’s integrated coordinates (1986); this device facilitates the search for zeros of the Evans function by winding number arguments. Although integrated coordinates are not available in the multidimensional case, we show here that there is a choice of coordinates which gives similar advantages.


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Blake Barker
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84603
Email: blake@math.byu.edu

Jeffrey Humpherys
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84603
MR Author ID: 358503
Email: jeffh@math.byu.edu

Gregory Lyng
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071
MR Author ID: 739709
Email: glyng@uwyo.edu

Kevin Zumbrun
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 47405
MR Author ID: 330192
Email: kzumbrun@indiana.edu

Received by editor(s): March 6, 2017
Received by editor(s) in revised form: September 21, 2017
Published electronically: October 25, 2017
Additional Notes: The first author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0801745.
The second author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0847074 (CAREER)
The third author was partially supported by NSF grants DMS-0845127 (CAREER) and DMS-1413273
The last author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-0801745
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