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We consider the Gierer-Meinhardt system with small inhibitor diffusivity and very small activator diffusivity in a bounded and smooth two-dimensional domain. For any given positive integer $k$ we construct a spike cluster consisting of $k$…
In this paper we consider the existence and stability of multi-spike solutions to the fractional Gierer-Meinhardt model with periodic boundary conditions. In particular we rigorously prove the existence of symmetric and asymmetric two-spike…
Numerical simulations of classical pattern forming reaction-diffusion systems indicate that they often operate in the strongly nonlinear regime, with the final steady-state consisting of a spatially repeating pattern of localized spikes. In…
We consider the Gierer-Meinhardt system with small inhibitor diffusivity, very small activator diffusivity and a precursor inhomogeneity. For any given positive integer k we construct a spike cluster consisting of $k$ spikes which all…
Localized spot patterns, where one or more solution components concentrates at certain points in the domain, are a common class of localized pattern for reaction-diffusion systems, and they arise in a wide range of modeling scenarios. In an…
Precursor gradients in a reaction-diffusion system are spatially varying coefficients in the reaction-kinetics. Such gradients have been used in various applications, such as the head formation in the Hydra, to model the effect of…
The structure, linear stability, and dynamics of localized solutions to singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equations has been the focus of numerous rigorous, asymptotic, and numerical studies in the last few decades. However, with a…
Localized solutions are known to arise in a variety of singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion systems. The Gierer-Meinhardt (GM) system is one such example and has been the focus of numerous rigorous and formal studies. A more recent focus…
In this paper, we introduce a three-component Gierer-Meinhardt model in the semi-strong interaction regime, characterized by an asymptotically large diffusivity ratio. A key feature of this model is that the interior spike can undergo Hopf…
We analyze a coupled bulk-membrane PDE model in which a scalar linear 2-D bulk diffusion process is coupled through a linear Robin boundary condition to a two-component 1-D reaction-diffusion (RD) system with Gierer-Meinhardt (nonlinear)…
The singularly perturbed Gierer-Meinhardt (GM) system in a bounded $d$-dimensional domain ($d\geq 2$) is known to exhibit boundary layer (BL) solutions for a non-zero activator flux. It was previously shown that such BL solutions can be…
We analyze the existence, linear stability, and slow dynamics of localized 1D spike patterns for a Keller--Segel model of chemotaxis that includes the effect of logistic growth of the cellular population. Our analysis of localized patterns…
The linear stability of steady-state periodic patterns of localized spots in $\R^2$ for the two-component Gierer-Meinhardt (GM) and Schnakenburg reaction-diffusion models is analyzed in the semi-strong interaction limit corresponding to an…
A fundamental example of reaction-diffusion system exhibiting Turing type pattern formation is the Gierer-Meinhardt system, which reduces to the shadow Gierer-Meinhardt problem in a suitable singular limit. Thanks to its applicability in a…
The existence and stability of localized patterns of criminal activity are studied for the reaction-diffusion model of urban crime that was introduced by Short et. al. [Math. Models. Meth. Appl. Sci., 18, Suppl. (2008), pp. 1249--1267].…
We study the linear stability properties of spatially localized single- and multi-peak states generated in a subcritical Turing bifurcation in the Meinhardt model of branching. In one spatial dimension, these states are organized in a…
This paper is a continuation of the paper Berestycki, Wei and Winter \cite{Berestycki2014}. In \cite{Berestycki2014}, the existence of multiple symmetric and asymmetric spike solutions of a chemotaxis system modeling crime pattern…
The main purpose of the current paper is to contribute towards the comprehension of the dynamics of the shadow system of a singular Gierer-Meinhardt model on an isotropically evolving domain. In the case where the inhibitor's response to…
The purpose of the current paper is to contribute to the comprehension of the dynamics of the shadow system of an activator-inhibitor system known as a Gierer-Meinhardt model. Shadow systems are intended to work as an intermediate step…
We consider a Gierer-Meinhardt system on a surface coupled with a parabolic PDE in the bulk, the domain confined by this surface. Such a model was recently proposed and analyzed for two-dimensional bulk domains by Gomez, Ward and Wei (SIAM…