On the Nonlinear Instability of Traveling Waves for a Sixth-Order Parabolic Equation

We study the instability of the traveling waves of a sixth-order parabolic equation which arises naturally as a continuum model for the formation of quantum dots and their faceting. We prove that some traveling wave solutions are nonlinear unstable under 𝐻4 perturbations. These traveling wave soluti...

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Main Authors: Zhenbang Li, Changchun Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/739156
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Summary:We study the instability of the traveling waves of a sixth-order parabolic equation which arises naturally as a continuum model for the formation of quantum dots and their faceting. We prove that some traveling wave solutions are nonlinear unstable under 𝐻4 perturbations. These traveling wave solutions converge to a constant as 𝑥→∞.
ISSN:1085-3375
1687-0409