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We identify a new mechanism for propagation into unstable states in spatially extended systems, that is based on resonant interaction in the leading edge of invasion fronts. Such resonant invasion speeds can be determined solely based on…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2017-05-24 Gregory Faye , Matt Holzer , Arnd Scheel

We establish two integral variational principles for the spreading speed of the one dimensional reaction diffusion equation with Stefan boundary conditions. The first principle is valid for monostable reaction terms and the second principle…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-08-10 R. D. Benguria , M. C. Depassier

We investigate the propagation of chemical fronts arising in Fisher--Kolmogorov--Petrovskii--Piskunov (FKPP) type models in the presence of a steady cellular flow. In the long-time limit, a steadily propagating pulsating front is…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2015-07-01 Alexandra Tzella , Jacques Vanneste

In this paper, we revisit the famous Kermack-McKendrick model with nonlocal spatial interactions by shedding new lights on associated spreading properties and we also prove the existence and uniqueness of traveling fronts. Unlike previous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-06-09 Grégory Faye , Jean-Michel Roquejoffre , Mingmin Zhang

We consider in this paper a reaction-diffusion system under a KPP hypothesis in a cylindrical domain in the presence of a shear flow. Such systems arise in predator-prey models as well as in combustion models with heat losses. Similarly to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-25 Thomas Giletti

In this paper, we study the existence and stability of random transition waves for time heterogeneous Fisher-KPP Equations with nonlocal diffusion. More specifically, we consider general time heterogeneities both for the nonlocal diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-01 Min Zhao , Rong Yuan

In this paper, we discuss existence and finite speed of propagation for the solutions to an initial-boundary value problem for a family of fractional thin-film equations in a bounded domain in $\mathbb{R}^d$. The nonlocal operator we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-20 Nicola De Nitti , Stefano Lisini , Antonio Segatti , Roman Taranets

In this paper, we proceed to study the nonlocal diffusion problem proposed by Li and Wang [8], where the left boundary is fixed, while the right boundary is a nonlocal free boundary. We first give some accurate estimates on the longtime…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-23 Lei Li , Mingxin Wang

We prove the existence and uniqueness, up to a shift in time, of curved traveling fronts for a reaction-advection-diffusion equation with a combustion-type nonlinearity. The advection is through a shear flow $q$. This analyzes, for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-12-05 Mohammad El Smaily

We study front propagation in the reversible reaction-diffusion system A + A <-> A on a 1-d lattice. Extending the idea of leading particle in studying the motion of the front we write a master equation in the stochastically moving frame…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Niraj Kumar , Goutam Tripathy

We study front propagation in stirred media using a simplified modelization of the turbulent flow. Computer simulations reveal the existence of the two limiting propagation modes observed in recent experiments with liquid phase isothermal…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-30 A. C. Marti , F. Sagues , J. M. Sancho

In this paper, we prove the existence of the spreading speed of nonlocal KPP equations in two cases: 1. The media is almost periodic and the kernel of diffusion is continuous; 2. The media is periodic and the diffusion is not continuous but…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-07-18 Xing Liang , Tao Zhou

Reaction-diffusion equations with a nonlinear source have been widely used to model various systems, with particular application to biology. Here, we provide a solution technique for these types of equations in $N$-dimensions. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-08-24 P Broadbridge , BH Bradshaw-Hajek

We study reaction-diffusion equations in cylinders with possibly nonlinear diffusion and possibly nonlinear Neumann boundary conditions. We provide a geometric Poincar\'e-type inequality and classification results for stable solutions, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-06-28 Serena Dipierro , Nicola Soave , Enrico Valdinoci

The solution h to the Fisher-KPP equation with a steep enough initial condition develops into a front moving at velocity 2, with logarithmic corrections to its position. In this paper we investigate the value h(c t, t) of the solution ahead…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-21 Éric Brunet

We study the evolution of fronts in a bistable reaction-diffusion system when the nonlinear reaction term is spatially non-homogeneous. This equation has been used to model wave propagation in various biological systems. Extending previous…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-10-31 Horacio G. Rotstein , Anatol M. Zhabotinsky , Irving R. Epstein

We study reaction-diffusion particle systems with several interaction mechanisms. As the number of particles tends to infinity, the system admits a mean-field limit describing the bulk behaviour. We focus on determining the propagation…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Matthieu Jonckheere , Seva Shneer

In this work, we propose an asymptotic preserving scheme for a non-linear kinetic reaction-transport equation, in the regime of sharp interface. With a non-linear reaction term of KPP-type, a phenomenon of front propagation has been proved…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-23 Hélène Hivert

In this paper, we propose a novel free boundary problem to model the movement of single species with a range boundary. The spatial movement and birth/death processes of the species found within the range boundary are assumed to be governed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-13 Chunxi Feng , Mark A. Lewis , Chuncheng Wang , Hao Wang

In this paper, we are interested in a general equation that has finite speed of propagation compatible with Einstein's theory of special relativity. This equation without external force fields has been derived recently by means of optimal…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-08-18 Manh Hong Duong