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We consider a reaction-diffusion equation in narrow random channels. We approximate the generalized solution to this equation by the corresponding one on a random graph. By making use of large deviation analysis we study the asymptotic wave…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-07-15 Mark Freidlin , Wenqing Hu

We study the asymptotics of Allen-Cahn-type bistable reaction-diffusion equations which are additively perturbed by a stochastic forcing (time white noise). The conclusion is that the long time, large space behavior of the solutions is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Pierre-Louis Lions , Panagiotis E. Souganidis

The boundary integral method is extended to derive closed integro-differential equations applicable to computation of the shape and propagation speed of a steadily moving spot and to the analysis of dynamic instabilities in the sharp…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-09-07 L. M. Pismen

In this paper, we analyse propagating fronts in the context of hyperbolic theories of dissipative processes. These can be considered as a natural alternative to the more classical parabolic models. Emphasis is given toward the numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-22 Corrado Lattanzio , Corrado Mascia , Ramon G. Plaza , Chiara Simeoni

We introduce and study a new class of fronts in finite particle number reaction-diffusion systems, corresponding to propagating up a reaction rate gradient. We show that these systems have no traditional mean-field limit, as the nature of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Elisheva Cohen , David A. Kessler , Herbert Levine

We establish the uniqueness of semi-wavefront solution for a non-local delayed reaction-diffusion equation. This result is obtained by using a generalization of the Diekman-Kaper theory for a nonlinear convolution equation. Several…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-09-18 Maitere Aguerrea

In this paper, we prove via counterexamples that adding an advection term of the form Shear flow (whose streamlines are parallel to the direction of propagation) to a reaction-diffusion equation will be an enough heterogeneity to spoil the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-07-30 Mohammad El Smaily

Spreading of bacteria in a highly advective, disordered environment is examined. Predictions of super-diffusive spreading for a simplified reaction-diffusion equation are tested. Concentration profiles display anomalous growth and…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John H. Carpenter , Karin A. Dahmen

We study the asymptotics of front speeds of the reaction-diffusion equations with Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskunov (KPP) nonlinearity and zero mean stationary ergodic Gaussian shear advection on the entire plane. By exploiting connections of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Xin

This paper is concerned with the existence and qualitative properties of pulsating fronts for spatially periodic reaction-diffusion equations with bistable nonlinearities. We focus especially on the influence of the spatial period and,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-08-05 Weiwei Ding , Francois Hamel , Xiao-Qiang Zhao

We develop perturbative expansions to obtain solutions for the initial-value problems of two important reaction-diffusion systems, viz., the Fisher equation and the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau (TDGL) equation. The starting point of our…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Sanjay Puri , Kay Joerg Wiese

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

Reaction-diffusion waves in multiple spatial dimensions advance at a rate that strongly depends on the curvature of the wave fronts. These waves have important applications in many physical, ecological, and biological systems. In this work,…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2022-12-28 Pascal R. Buenzli , Matthew J. Simpson

We investigate spreading properties of solutions of a large class of two-component reaction-diffusion systems, including prey-predator systems as a special case. By spreading properties we mean the long time behaviour of solution fronts…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-07-08 Arnaud Ducrot , Thomas Giletti , Hiroshi Matano

In this paper, we study the problem of finding the solution of a multi-dimensional time fractional reactiondiffusion equation with nonlinear source from the final value data. We prove that the present problem is not well-posed. Then…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-03-17 Nguyen Huy Tuan , Tran Ngoc Thach , Donal O'Regan , Nguyen Huu Can

In this paper, we consider a reaction-diffusion system describing the propagation of flames under the assumption of ignition-temperature kinetics and fractional reaction order. It was shown in [3] that this system admits a traveling front…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-02-29 Amanda Matson , Claude-Michel Brauner , Peter V. Gordon

Continuum mathematical models for collective cell motion normally involve reaction-diffusion equations, such as the Fisher-KPP equation, with a linear diffusion term to describe cell motility and a logistic term to describe cell…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-07-24 Scott W McCue , Wang Jin , Timothy J Moroney , Kai-Yin Lo , Shih-En Chou , Matthew J Simpson

The authors investigate the solution of a nonlinear reaction-diffusion equation connected with nonlinear waves. The equation discussed is more general than the one discussed recently by Manne, Hurd, and Kenkre (2000). The results are…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2009-11-11 R. K. Saxena , A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

We prove the existence of reaction-diffusion traveling fronts in mean zero space-time periodic shear flows for nonnegative reactions including the classical KPP (Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskunov) nonlinearity. For the KPP nonlinearity, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 James Nolen , Jack Xin

A wave equation, that governs finite amplitude acoustic disturbances in a thermoviscous Newtonian fluid, and includes nonlinear terms up to second order, is proposed. In contrast to the model known as the Kuznetsov equation, the proposed…