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Using asymptotics, we show that when the frequency parameter converges to the bifurcation gap edge, the size of the allowed jump in $\\Gamma$ converges to 0 for SGSs centered at any $x_c\\in\\mathbb{R}$. Linear stability of SGSs is next determined via the numerical Evans function method, in which the stable and unstable manifolds corresponding to the 0 solution of the linearized spectral ODE problem are evolved up to a common location where the determinant of their bases, i.e., the Evans function, is evaluated. Zeros of the Evans function coincide with eigenvalues of the linearized operator. Far from the SGS location the manifolds are spanned by exponentially decaying\/increasing Bloch functions. As we show, evolution of the manifolds suffers from stiffness. A numerically stable formulation is possible in the exterior algebra formulation and with the use of Grassmanian preserving ODE integrators. Eigenvalues with a positive real part larger than a small constant are then detected via the use of the complex argument principle and a contour parallel to the imaginary axis. The location of real eigenvalues is found via a straightforward evaluation of the Evans function along the real axis, and several complex eigenvalues are located using M\u00fcller's method. The numerical Evans function method is described in detail in order to facilitate its use as a practical tool for locating eigenvalues. Our results show the existence of both unstable and stable SGSs (possibly with a weak instability), where stability is obtained even for some SGSs centered in the domain half with the less focusing nonlinearity. Direct simulations of the PDE for selected SGS examples confirm the results of Evans function computations.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1137\/090775324","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2011,6,21]],"date-time":"2011-06-21T18:51:21Z","timestamp":1308682281000},"page":"667-706","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["Families of Surface Gap Solitons and Their Stability via the Numerical Evans Function Method"],"prefix":"10.1137","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Elisabeth","family":"Blank","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Tom\u00e1\u0161","family":"Dohnal","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"351","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2011,6,21]]},"reference":[{"key":"R1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"F.K. Abdullaev and M. 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