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We consider the Cauchy problem for the nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation on the whole space. After introducing a weaker concept of finite speed of propagation, we show that the concatenation of initial data gives rise to solutions whose time…
We study the behavior of solutions of a monostable reaction-diffusion equation $u_t=\Delta_x u +u_{yy} +f(u)$ ($x \in \mathbb{R}^{n-1}$, $y \in \mathbb{R}$, $t>0$), with the unstable equilibrium point $0$ and the stable equilibrium point…
We study the large time behaviour of the reaction-diffsuion equation $\partial_t u=\Delta u +f(u)$ in spatial dimension $N$, when the nonlinear term is bistable and the initial datum is compactly supported. We prove the existence of a…
We investigate the Cauchy problem for a semilinear spatio--temporal fractional diffusion equation with a time-dependent forcing term: \[ \partial_t^\alpha u + (-\Delta)^{\mathsf{s}} u = |u|^p + t^{\sigma}\,\mathbf{w}(x), \quad (t,x) \in…
We study the positivity and regularity of solutions to the fractional porous medium equations $u_t+(-\Delta)^su^m=0$ in $(0,\infty)\times\Omega$, for $m>1$ and $s\in (0,1)$ and with Dirichlet boundary data $u=0$ in…
We consider the Cauchy problem for one-dimensional dispersive equations with a general nonlinearity in the periodic setting. Our main hypotheses are both that the dispersive operator behaves for high frequencies as a Fourier multiplier by $…
We consider a general form of reaction-dispersion equations with non-local dispersal and local reaction. Under some general conditions, we prove the non-existence of transition fronts, as well as some stretching properties at large time for…
We study the existence and qualitative properties of solutions to the Cauchy problem associated to the quasilinear reaction-diffusion equation $$ \partial_tu=\Delta u^m+(1+|x|)^{\sigma}u^p, $$ posed for $(x,t)\in\real^N\times(0,\infty)$,…
We are concerned with the asymptotic behaviour of classical solutions of systems of the form u_t = Au_xx + f(u, u_x), x in R, t>0, u(x,t) a vector in RN, with u(x,0)= U(x), where A is a positive-definite diagonal matrix and f is a…
This paper investigates the asymptotic behavior of the solutions of the Fisher-KPP equation in a heterogeneous medium, $$\partial_t u = \partial_{xx} u + f(x,u),$$ associated with a compactly supported initial datum. A typical nonlinearity…
We consider a two-species reaction-diffusion system in one space dimension that is derived from an epidemiological model in a spatially periodic environment with two types of pathogens: the wild type and the mutant. The system is of a…
This paper is concerned with reaction-diffusion-advection equations in spatially periodic media. Under an assumption of weak stability of the constant states 0 and 1, and of existence of pulsating traveling fronts connecting them, we show…
We are interested in the long time behaviour of the positive solutions of the Cauchy problem involving the following integro-differential equation $$\partial\_t u(t, x) = \left(a(x) -- \int\_{\Omega} k(x, y)u(t, y) dy\right ) u(t, x) +…
Large time behavior of solutions to abstract differential equations is studied. The corresponding evolution problem is: $$\dot{u}=A(t)u+F(t,u)+b(t), \quad t\ge 0; \quad u(0)=u_0. \qquad (*)$$ Here $\dot{u}:=\frac {du}{dt}$, $u=u(t)\in H$,…
We establish nonuniqueness of solutions for Cauchy problems of semilinear heat equations with a wide class of nonlinearities. Specifically, we consider \[ \begin{cases} \partial_tu-\Delta u=f(u), & x\in\mathbb{R}^N,\ t>0,\\ u(x,0)=u_0(x), &…
We investigate fine global properties of nonnegative, integrable solutions to the Cauchy problem for the Fast Diffusion Equation with weights (WFDE) $u_t=|x|^\gamma\mathrm{div}\left(|x|^{-\beta}\nabla u^m\right)$ posed on…
This work focuses on dynamics arising from reaction-diffusion equations , where the profile of propagation is no longer characterized by a single front, but by a layer of several fronts which we call a propagating terrace. This means,…
We consider the Cauchy problem on nonlinear scalar conservation laws with a diffusion-type source term related to an index $s\in \R$ over the whole space $\R^n$ for any spatial dimension $n\geq 1$. Here, the diffusion-type source term…
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 $$ u_{t}+\gamma\vert u_{t} \vert =\Delta u\qquad(-1<\gamma<1) $$…
Consider a scalar conservation law with discontinuous flux \begin{equation*}\tag{1} \quad u_{t}+f(x,u)_{x}=0, \qquad f(x,u)= \begin{cases} f_l(u)\ &\text{if}\ x<0,\\ f_r(u)\ & \text{if} \ x>0, \end{cases} \end{equation*} where $u=u(x,t)$ is…