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For nonlinear parabolic gradient systems of the form \[ u_t = -\nabla V(u) + u_{xx} \,, \] where the spatial domain is the whole real line, the state variable $u$ is multidimensional, and the potential function $V$ is coercive at infinity,…

We consider the damped hyperbolic equation (1) \epsilon u_{tt} + u_t = u_{xx} + F(u), x \in R, t \ge 0, where \epsilon is a positive, not necessarily small parameter. We assume that F(0) = F(1) = 0 and that F is concave on the interval…

We consider the damped hyperbolic equation in one space dimension $\epsilon u_{tt} + u_t = u_{xx} + F(u)$, where $\epsilon$ is a positive, not necessarily small parameter. We assume that $F(0)=F(1)=0$ and that $F$ is concave on the interval…

We consider the damped wave equation \alpha u_tt + u_t = u_xx - V'(u) on the whole real line, where V is a bistable potential. This equation has travelling front solutions of the form u(x,t) = h(x-st) which describe a moving interface…

This paper is concerned with parabolic gradient systems of the form \[ u_t=-\nabla V (u) + u_{xx}\,, \] where the spatial domain is the whole real line, the state variable $u$ is multidimensional, and the potential $V$ is coercive at…

We study the existence and uniqueness of wavefronts to the scalar reaction-diffusion equations $u_{t}(t,x) = \Delta u(t,x) - u(t,x) + g(u(t-h,x)),$ with monotone delayed reaction term $g: \R_+ \to \R_+$ and $h >0$. We are mostly interested…

This paper is concerned with parabolic gradient systems of the form \[ u_t = -\nabla V(u) + \Delta_x u \,, \] where the space variable $x$ and the state variable $u$ are multidimensional, and the potential $V$ is coercive at infinity. For…

This paper is concerned with radially symmetric solutions of systems of the form \[ u_t = -\nabla V(u) + \Delta_x u \] where space variable $x$ and and state-parameter $u$ are multidimensional, and the potential $V$ is coercive at infinity.…

This paper is concerned with damped hyperbolic gradient systems of the form \[ \alpha u_{tt} + u_t = -\nabla V(u) + u_{xx}\,, \] where the spatial domain is the whole real line, the state variable $u$ is multidimensional, $\alpha$ is a…

In this paper, we study the spreading speeds and traveling wave solutions of the PDE $$ \begin{cases} u_{t}= \Delta u-\chi \nabla \cdot (u \nabla v) + u(1-u),\ \ x\in\mathbb{R}^N 0=\Delta v-v+u, \ \ x\in\mathbb{R}^N, \end{cases} $$ where…

We prove, under generic assumptions, that the special variational traveling wave that minimizes the exponentially weighted Ginzburg-Landau functional associated with scalar reaction-diffusion equations in infinite cylinders is the long-time…

We consider equation $u_t(t,x) = \Delta u(t,x)- u(t,x) + g(u(t-h,x)) (*) $, when $g:\R_+\to \R_+$ has exactly two fixed points: $x_1= 0$ and $x_2=\kappa>0$. Assuming that $g$ is unimodal and has negative Schwarzian, we indicate explicitly a…

For nonlinear parabolic systems of the form \[ \partial_t w(x,t) = \partial_{x}^2 w(x,t) - \nabla V\bigl(w(x,t)\bigr) \,, \] the following conclusions are proved to hold generically with respect to the potential $V$: every travelling front…

Fronts that start from a local perturbation and propagate into a linearly unstable state come in two classes: pulled and pushed. ``Pulled'' fronts are ``pulled along'' by the spreading of linear perturbations about the unstable state, so…

We study multiplicity of the supercritical traveling front solutions for scalar reaction-diffusion equations in infinite cylinders which invade a linearly unstable equilibrium. These equations are known to possess traveling wave solutions…

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We study traveling fronts in a system of one dimensional reaction-diffusion-advection equations motivated by problems in reactive flows. In the limit as a parameter tends to infinity, we construct the approximate front profile and determine…

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