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Similarity solutions of Reaction-Diffusion equation with space- and time-dependent diffusion and reaction terms

Mathematical Physics 2016-01-20 v1 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems Biological Physics

Abstract

We consider solvability of the generalized reaction-diffusion equation with both space- and time-dependent diffusion and reaction terms by means of the similarity method. By introducing the similarity variable, the reaction-diffusion equation is reduced to an ordinary differential equation. Matching the resulting ordinary differential equation with known exactly solvable equations, one can obtain corresponding exactly solvable reaction-diffusion systems. Several representative examples of exactly solvable reaction-diffusion equations are presented.

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@article{arxiv.1508.00167,
  title  = {Similarity solutions of Reaction-Diffusion equation with space- and time-dependent diffusion and reaction terms},
  author = {C. -L. Ho and C. -C. Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.00167},
  year   = {2016}
}

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11 pages, 4 figures