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Nonlinear diffusion in population genetics, combustion, and nerve pulse propagation

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Aronson, D.G., Weinberger, H.F. (1975). Nonlinear diffusion in population genetics, combustion, and nerve pulse propagation. In: Goldstein, J.A. (eds) Partial Differential Equations and Related Topics. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 446. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0070595

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