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We provide an asymptotic analysis of a fractional Fisher-KPP type equation in periodic non-connected 1-dimensional media with Dirichlet conditions outside the domain. After demonstrating the existence and uniqueness of a non-trivial bounded…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-28 Alexis Léculier , Sepideh Mirrahimi , Jean-Michel Roquejoffre

In this paper, we study gradient decay estimates for solutions to the multi-dimensional Fisher-KPP equation with fractional diffusion. It is known that this equation exhibits exponentially advancing level sets with strong qualitative upper…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-02-24 Jean-Michel Roquejoffre , Andrei Tarfulea

We consider a reaction-diffusion-advection equation of the form: $u_t=u_{xx}-\beta(t)u_x+f(t,u)$ for $x\in (g(t),h(t))$, where $\beta(t)$ is a $T$-periodic function representing the intensity of the advection, $f(t,u)$ is a Fisher-KPP type…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-04-05 Ningkui Sun , Bendong Lou , Maolin Zhou

In this paper we are interested in propagation phenomena for nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations of the type: $\delta_tu = J \times u - u + f (x, u) t \in R^+, x \in R^N$, where J is a probability density and f is a KPP nonlinearity…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-02-06 Jerome Coville , Juan Davila , Salome Martinez

The Fisher-KPP equation is a reaction-diffusion equation originally proposed by Fisher to represent allele propagation in genetic hosts or population. It was also proposed by Kolmogorov for more general applications. A novel method for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2021-08-25 Luisiana Cundin

We consider the solution $u(x,t)$ of the Fisher-KPP equation $\partial_t u=\partial_x^2u+u-u^2$ centred around its $\alpha$-level $\mu_t^{(\alpha)}$ defined as $u(\mu_t^{(\alpha)},t)=\alpha$. It is well known that for an initial datum that…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-03-22 Julien Berestycki , Éric Brunet

This paper concerns the nonautonomous reaction-diffusion equation \[ u_t=u_{xx}+ug(t,x-ct,u), \quad t>0,x\in\mathbb{R}, \] where $c\in\mathbb{R}$ is the shifting speed, and the time periodic nonlinearity $ug(t,\xi,u)$ is asymptotically of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-05 Jian Fang , Rui Peng , Xiao-Qiang Zhao

We establish quantitative estimates for solutions $u(t,x)$ to the fractional nonlinear diffusion equation, $\partial_t u +(-\Delta)^s (u^m)=0$ in the whole range of exponents $m>0$, $0<s<1$. The equation is posed in the whole space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-10-08 Matteo Bonforte , Juan Luis Vazquez

In this paper we obtain the precise description of the asymptotic behavior of the solution $u$ of $$ \partial_t u+(-\Delta)^{\frac{\theta}{2}}u=0\quad\mbox{in}\quad{\bf R}^N\times(0,\infty), \qquad u(x,0)=\varphi(x)\quad\mbox{in}\quad{\bf…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-12-01 Kazuhiro Ishige , Tatsuki Kawakami , Hironori Michihisa

Spatio-temporal dynamics of the evolution of population involving growth and diffusion processes can be modeled by class of partial diffusion equations (PDEs) known as reaction-diffusion systems. In this work, we developed a nonlinear…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2024-12-16 Preet Mishra , Sapna Ratan Shah , R. K. Brojen Singh

The fractional reaction diffusion equation u_t + Au = g(u) is discussed, where A is a fractional differential operator on the real line with order \alpha between 0 and 2, the C^1 function g vanishes at 0 and 1, and either g is non-negative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-08-04 Hans Engler

In this article, we consider the space-time fractional (nonlocal) equation characterizing the so-called "double-scale" anomalous diffusion $$\partial_t^\beta u(t, x) = -(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}u(t,x) - (-\Delta)^{\gamma/2}u(t,x) \ \ t> 0, \…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-12-18 Ngartelbaye Guerngar , Erkan Nane , Ramazan Tinatztepe , Suleyman Ulusoy , Hans Werner Van Wyk

We present a complete description of the similarity solutions $u_{\alpha}(x,t)=t^{-\alpha/2}f(\Vert x \Vert/\sqrt{t};\alpha)$ for the following nonlinear diffusion equation $$ u_{t}+\gamma\vert u_{t} \vert =\Delta u\qquad(-1<\gamma<1) $$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-26 Rodrigo Meneses Pacheco

We study the Cauchy problem in the hyperbolic space for the heat equation with a Fisher-KPP type forcing term. Depending on the relative strength of diffusion, measured by the infimum of the spectrum of the Laplace-Beltrami operator, as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-07 María del Mar González , Irene Gonzálvez , Fernando Quirós

We show non-existence of solutions of the Cauchy problem in $\mathbb{R}^N$ for the nonlinear parabolic equation involving fractional diffusion $\partial_t u + (-\Delta)^s \phi(u)= 0,$ with $0<s<1$ and very singular nonlinearities $\phi$ .…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-14 Matteo Bonforte , Antonio Segatti , Juan Luis Vazquez

We develop a theory of existence, uniqueness and regularity for a porous medium equation with fractional diffusion, $\frac{\partial u}{\partial t} + (-\Delta)^{1/2} (|u|^{m-1}u)=0$ in $\mathbb{R}^N$, with $m>m_*=(N-1)/N$, $N\ge1$ and $f\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2010-01-15 Arturo de Pablo , Fernando Quiros , Ana Rodriguez , Juan Luis Vazquez

We consider reaction-diffusion equations $\partial_tu=\Delta u+f(u)$ in the whole space $\mathbb{R}^N$ and we are interested in the large-time dynamics of solutions ranging in the interval $[0,1]$, with general unbounded initial support.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-07-14 François Hamel , Luca Rossi

The global boundedness and the hair trigger effect of solutions for the nonlinear nonlocal reaction-diffusion equation \begin{align*} u_t=\Delta u+\mu u^\alpha(1-\kappa J*u^\beta),\quad\hbox{in} \;\mathbb R^N\times(0,\infty),\; N\geq 1…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Jing Li , Li Chen , Christina Surulescu

We establish existence, uniqueness as well as quantitative estimates for solutions to the fractional nonlinear diffusion equation, $\partial_t u +{\mathcal L}_{s,p} (u)=0$, where ${\mathcal L}_{s,p}=(-\Delta)_p^s$ is the standard fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-05-24 Juan Luis Vázquez

We study a Fisher-KPP equation with spatially periodic diffusion and reaction terms. We identify a class of periodic media for which the equation admits an explicit, closed-form solution. Through a nonlinear change of variables, the problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-09 Lionel Roques