An amplitude equation for the Hopf bifurcation of cellular patterns is studied. A kind of phase instability of the amplitude equation leads to the generation of a target pattern. It is a possible mechanism of the target pattern found in nematic liquid crystal.
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Hidetsugu Sakaguchi (1992) studied this question.
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