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The famous Fisher-KPP reaction diffusion model combines linear diffusion with the typical Fisher-KPP reaction term, and appears in a number of relevant applications. It is remarkable as a mathematical model since, in the case of linear…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-06 Alessandro Audrito , Juan Luis Vazquez

We study nonlinear stability of pulled fronts in scalar parabolic equations on the real line of arbitrary order, under conceptual assumptions on existence and spectral stability of fronts. In this general setting, we establish sharp…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-07 Montie Avery , Arnd Scheel

We investigate the singular limit, as $\ep \to 0$, of the Fisher equation $\partial_t u=\ep \Delta u + \ep ^{-1}u(1-u)$ in the whole space. We consider initial data with compact support plus, possibly, perturbations very small as $\Vert x…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-10-13 Matthieu Alfaro , Arnaud Ducrot

The present paper is devoted to the study of transition fronts of nonlocal Fisher-KPP equations in time heterogeneous media. We first construct transition fronts with prescribed interface location functions, which are natural…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-11-23 Wenxian Shen , Zhongwei Shen

We consider the damped nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation with a delta potential \begin{align*} \partial_{t}^2u-\partial_{x}^2u+2\alpha \partial_{t}u+u-\gamma {\delta}_0u-|u|^{p-1}u=0, \ & (t,x) \in \mathbb{R} \times \mathbb{R}, \end{align*}…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-27 Kenjiro Ishizuka

This paper is concerned with the stability of transition waves and strictly positive entire solutions of random and nonlocal dispersal evolution equations of Fisher-KPP type with general time and space dependence, including time and space…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Wenxian Shen

We consider Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piscounov (KPP) type models in the presence of a discontinuous cut-off in reaction rate at concentration $u=u_c$. In Part I we examine permanent form travelling wave solutions (a companion paper, Part II,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-07 A D O Tisbury , D J Needham , A Tzella

We determine the asymptotic spreading speed of the solutions of a Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion equation, starting from compactly supported initial data, when the diffusion coefficient is a fixed bounded monotone profile that is shifted at…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-30 Grégory Faye , Thomas Giletti , Matt Holzer

The free boundary problem\[ \begin{cases} \partial_tu=\frac{1}{2}\Delta u+u,\quad &t>0, \, x>L_t,\\ u(t,x)=0,\quad &t>0,\, x\le L_t,\\ \int_{L_t}^{\infty}u(t,y)dy=1,\quad &t> 0,\\ u(t,x)dx \to u_0(dx)&\text{weakly as }t\to 0, \end{cases}\]…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-01 Julien Berestycki , Sarah Penington , Oliver Tough

The Fisher-KPP equation with general nonlinear diffusion and arbitrary kinetic orders in the reaction terms is considered. The existence of oscillatory travelling wave solutions is proved for this model. Conditions for the existence of such…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-31 Ariel Sánchez-Valdés , Benito Hernández-Bermejo

The famous Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion model combines linear diffusion with the typical KPP reaction term, and appears in a number of relevant applications in biology and chemistry. It is remarkable as a mathematical model since it…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-02-19 Alessandro Audrito , Juan Luis Vázquez

We consider a class of reaction-diffusion equations of Fisher-KPP type in which the nonlinearity (reaction term) $f$ is merely $C^1$ at $u=0$ due to a logarithmic competition term. We first derive the asymptotic behavior of (minimal speed)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-03 Emeric Bouin , Christopher Henderson

We investigate the influence of a general non-local advection term of the form K * u to propagation in the one-dimensional Fisher-KPP equation. This model is a generalization of the Keller-Segel-Fisher system. When K $\in$ L 1 (R), we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-05 François Hamel , Christopher Henderson

We study nonlinear diffusion problems of the form $u_t=u_{xx}+f(u)$ with free boundaries. Such problems may be used to describe the spreading of a biological or chemical species, with the free boundary representing the expanding front. For…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-02 Yihong Du , Bendong Lou

We consider the stochastic Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piscunov (FKPP) equation on the circle $\mathbb{S}$, \begin{equation*} \partial_t u(t,x) \,= \frac{\alpha}{2}\Delta u +\beta\,u(1-u) + \sqrt{\gamma\,u(1-u)}\,\dot{W}, \qquad…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-01-10 Wai-Tong Louis Fan , Oliver Tough

We study the asymptotic behaviour of solutions to the delayed monostable equation $(*)$: $u_{t}(t,x) = u_{xx}(t,x) - u(t,x) + g(u(t-h,x)),$ $x \in R,\ t >0,$ with monotone reaction term $g: R_+ \to R_+$. Our basic assumption is that this…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-22 Abraham Solar , Sergei Trofimchuk

We consider the semi linear Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovski-Piscounov equation for the advance of an advantageous gene in biology. Its non-smooth reaction function $f(u)$ allows for the introduction of travelling waves with a new profile. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-19 Pavel Drábek , Peter Takáč

This paper studies forced waves for the heterogeneous Fisher-KPP equation $u_t = u_{xx} + u(a(x-ct)-u)$, where $c>0$ and $a(z)>0$ satisfies $a(-\infty)=\alpha>0=a(+\infty)$, $a'(z)\le0$ ($z\gg1$). Using ODE asymptotic analysis, we classify…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Zhibao Tang , Shi-Liang Wu , Yaping Wu

This paper is devoted to the analysis of the large-time behavior of solutions of one-dimensional Fisher-KPP reaction-diffusion equations. The initial conditions are assumed to be globally front-like and to decay at infinity towards the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-06-18 Francois Hamel , Lionel Roques

In this paper, we study the asymptotic behavior as $\varepsilon\to0^+$ of solutions $u\_\varepsilon$ to the nonlocal stationary Fisher-KPP type equation$$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-09 Julien Brasseur