Periodic travelling waves

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Department of Applied Mathematics, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield S3 7RH, United Kingdom
Center for Dynamical Systems and Nonlinear Studies, School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, U.S.A.

Some new techniques for finding periodic travelling waves are discussed.

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