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J. Korean Math. Soc. 1997; 34(2): 395-405

Printed June 1, 1997

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A globality of a Hopf bifurcation in a free boundary problem

YoonMee Ham

Kyonggi University

Abstract

A globality of the Hopf bifurcation in a free boundary problem for a parabolic partial differential equation is investigated in this paper. We shall examine the global behavior of the Hopf critical eigenvalues and and apply the center-index theory to show the globality.

Keywords: evolution equation, free boundary problem, global Hopf bifurcation, parabolic equation, center index

MSC numbers: Primary 35R35, 35B32; Secondary 35B25, 35K22, 35K57, 58F14, 58F22