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Wavefronts for a nonlinear nonlocal bistable reaction-diffusion equation in population dynamics

Analysis of PDEs 2017-01-25 v1

Abstract

The wavefronts of a nonlinear nonlocal bistable reaction-diffusion equation, \begin{align*} \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=\frac{\partial^2u}{\partial x^2}+u^2(1-J_\sigma*u)-du,\quad(t,x)\in(0,\infty)\times\mathbb R, \end{align*} with Jσ(x)=(1/σ)=J(x/σ)J_\sigma(x)=(1/\sigma)= J(x/\sigma) and RJ(x)dx=1 \int_{\mathbb R} J(x)dx=1 are investigated in this article. It is proven that there exists a c(σ)c_*(\sigma) such that for all cc(σ)c\geq c_*(\sigma), a monotone wavefront (c,ω)(c,\omega) can be connected by the two positive equilibrium points. On the other hand, there exists a c(σ)c^*(\sigma) such that the model admits a semi-wavefront (c(σ),ω)(c^*(\sigma),\omega) with ω()=0\omega(-\infty)=0. Furthermore, it is shown that for sufficiently small σ\sigma, the semi-wavefronts are in fact wavefronts connecting 00 to the largest equilibrium. In addition, the wavefronts converge to those of the local problem as σ0\sigma\to0.

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@article{arxiv.1701.06875,
  title  = {Wavefronts for a nonlinear nonlocal bistable reaction-diffusion equation in population dynamics},
  author = {Li Chen and Evangelos Latos and Jing Li},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06875},
  year   = {2017}
}
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