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Shock Waves and Reaction—Diffusion Equations

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In this chapter we shall present a summary of what could be considered as some of the most significant results which have appeared since the appearance of the original edition of this book. Of course, limitations of space (and time !) forces us to give only statements of major results, and very brief outlines of some of their proofs. This chapter will be divided into four sections, the first two corresponding to Parts II and III of the text, and the last two related to Part IV of the text. The numbered references correspond to the new reference list given at the end of this chapter.

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Smoller, J. (1994). Recent Results. In: Shock Waves and Reaction—Diffusion Equations. Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften, vol 258. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0873-0_25

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