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Traveling wave solutions for the generalized Burgers-Fisher equation

Analysis of PDEs 2025-09-30 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Traveling wave solutions, in the form u(x,t)=f(x+ct)u(x,t)=f(x+ct), to the generalized Burgers-Fisher equation tu=uxx+k(un)x+upuq,(x,t)R×(0,), \partial_tu=u_{xx}+k(u^n)_x+u^p-u^q, \quad (x,t)\in\mathbb{R}\times(0,\infty), with n2n\geq2, p>q1p>q\geq1 and k>0k>0, are classified with respect to their speed c(,)c\in(-\infty,\infty) and the behavior at ±\pm\infty. The existence and uniqueness of traveling waves with any speed cRc\in\mathbb{R} is established and their behavior as x±x\to\pm\infty is described. In particular, it is shown that there exists a unique c(0,)c^*\in(0,\infty) such that there exists a unique soliton ff^* with speed cc^* and such that limξf(ξ)=limξf(ξ)=0,ξ=x+ct. \lim\limits_{\xi\to-\infty}f^*(\xi)=\lim\limits_{\xi\to\infty}f^*(\xi)=0, \quad \xi=x+ct. Moreover, if n<p+q+1n<p+q+1 then c<knc^*<kn and if n>p+q+1n>p+q+1 then c>knc^*>kn. For c<min{c,kn}c<\min\{c^*,kn\}, any traveling wave with speed cc satisfies limξf(ξ)=0\lim\limits_{\xi\to-\infty}f(\xi)=0 and limξf(ξ)=1\lim\limits_{\xi\to\infty}f(\xi)=1, while for c>max{c,kn}c>\max\{c^*,kn\} any traveling wave with speed cc satisfies limξf(ξ)=1\lim\limits_{\xi\to-\infty}f(\xi)=1 and limξf(ξ)=0\lim\limits_{\xi\to\infty}f(\xi)=0. In particular, for any speed c(0,c)c\in(0,c^*), there are traveling wave solutions uu with speed cc such that u(x,t)1u(x,t)\to1 as tt\to\infty, in contrast to the non-convective case k=0k=0.

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@article{arxiv.2509.24909,
  title  = {Traveling wave solutions for the generalized Burgers-Fisher equation},
  author = {Razvan Gabriel Iagar and Ariel Sánchez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.24909},
  year   = {2025}
}