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A set of travelling wave solutions to a hyperbolic generalization of the convection-reaction-diffusion is studied by the methods of local nonlinear alnalysis and numerical simulation. Special attention is paid to displaying appearance of…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-17 Vsevolod Vladimirov

Sufficient conditions for either existence or non-existence of traveling wave solutions for a general quasi-linear reaction-diffusion-convection equation, possibly highly degenerate or singular, with discontinuous coefficients are…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-09 Umberto Guarnotta , Cristina Marcelli

In the mean-field theory of magnetic fields, turbulent transport, i.e. the turbulent electromotive force, is described by a combination of the alpha effect and turbulent magnetic diffusion, which are usually assumed to be proportional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexander Hubbard , Axel Brandenburg

We investigate the presence of soliton solutions in some classes of nonlinear partial differential equations, namely generalized Korteweg-de Vries-Burgers, Korteveg-de Vries-Huxley, and Korteveg-de Vries-Burgers-Huxley equations, which…

solv-int · Physics 2007-05-23 D. Bazeia , E. P. Raposo

Travelling-wave solutions are shown to bifurcate from relative periodic orbits in plane Poiseuille flow at Re = 2000 in a saddle-node infinite period bifurcation. These solutions consist in self-sustaining sinuous quasi-streamwise streaks…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-05-04 Subhendu Rawat , Carlo Cossu , François Rincon

We consider an evolution equation of parabolic type in R having a travelling wave solution. We perform an appropriate change of variables which transforms the equation into a non local evolution one having a travelling wave solution with…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Jose M. Arrieta , Maria Lopez-Fernandez , Enrique Zuazua

This article is concerned with the existence of traveling wave solutions, including standing waves, to some models based on configurational forces, describing respectively the diffusionless phase transformations of solid materials, e.g.,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2009-12-22 Shuichi Kawashima , Peicheng Zhu

Topologically protected wave motion has attracted considerable interest due to its novel properties and potential applications in many different fields. In this work, we study edge modes and traveling edge states via the linear Dirac…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-14 Pipi Hu , Peng Xie , Yi Zhu

The current paper is devoted to the investigation of wave propagation phenomenon in reaction-diffusion equations with ignition type nonlinearity in time heterogeneous and random media. It is proven that such equations in time heterogeneous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-12-22 Wenxian Shen , Zhongwei Shen

We study the existence and nonexistence of traveling waves of general diffusive Kermack-McKendrick SIR models with standard incidence where the total population is not constant. The three classes, susceptible $S$, infected $I$ and removed…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-18 Haiyan Wang , Xiang-Sheng Wang

Travelling wave solutions of reaction-diffusion equations are widely used to model the spatial spread of populations and other phenomena in biology and physics. In this article, we reinterpret the classical variational principle approach…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Rebecca M. Crossley , Carles Falco , Ruth E. Baker

An analysis of traveling wave solutions of pure cross-diffusion systems, i.e., systems that lack reaction and self-diffusion terms, is presented. Using the qualitative theory of phase plane analysis the conditions for existence of different…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2008-07-11 Faina S. Berezovskaya , Georgy P. Karev , Artem S. Novozhilov

Among the main actors of organism development there are morphogens, which are signaling molecules diffusing in the developing organism and acting on cells to produce local responses. Growth is thus determined by the distribution of such…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-21 Francesco Rossi , Nastassia Pouradier Duteil , Nir Yakoby , Benedetto Piccoli

We prove the existence of a traveling wave solution for a boundary reaction diffusion equation when the reaction term is the combustion nonlinearity with ignition temperature. A key role in the proof is plaid by an explicit formula for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-01-25 L. Caffarelli , A. Mellet , Y. Sire

How well do multisymplectic discretisations preserve travelling wave solutions? To answer this question, the 5-point central difference scheme is applied to the semi-linear wave equation. A travelling wave ansatz leads to an ordinary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-28 Fleur McDonald , Robert I McLachlan , Brian E Moore , G R W Quispel

The long-run convergence of developing economies toward advanced countries exhibits robust empirical regularities, yet the mechanisms underlying technological diffusion remain insufficiently specified in standard growth models. In this…

Statistical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2026-04-14 Vygintas Gontis , Lesya Kolinets

The predictive power of mean-field theory is emphasized by comparing theory with simulations under controlled conditions. The recently developed test-field method is used to extract turbulent transport coefficients both in kinematic as well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-04 A. Brandenburg , P. Chatterjee , F. Del Sordo , A. Hubbard , P. J. Käpylä , M. Rheinhardt

While there is a long history of employing moving boundary problems in physics, in particular via Stefan problems for heat conduction accompanied by a change of phase, more recently such approaches have been adapted to study biological…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-09-23 Scott W. McCue , Maud El-Hachem , Matthew J. Simpson

We discuss models for coupled wave equations describing interacting fields, focusing on the speed of travelling wave solutions. In particular, we propose a general mechanism for selecting and tuning the speed of the corresponding…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2015-01-14 Mariano Cadoni , Giuseppe Gaeta

Spreading processes on top of active dynamics provide a novel theoretical framework for capturing emerging collective behavior in living systems. I consider run-and-tumble dynamics coupled with coagulation/decoagulation reactions that lead…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-05-29 Matteo Paoluzzi