Travelling wave solutions to the K-P-P equation : alternatives to Simon Harris' probabilistic analysis

Kyprianou, A. E.

Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques, Tome 40 (2004) no. 1, pp. 53-72

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