Pattern selection is discussed in regard to a situation where a stable, nonuniform state of a nonlinear dissipative system propagates into an initially unstable, homogeneous region. The velocity of the propagating front and the wavelength of the pattern formed behind the front are determined by a marginal-stability criterion. The special system studied here has a Lyapunov functional, but the periodic state which propagates is not the one which minimizes the functional.
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Dee et al. (1983) studied this question.
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