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We consider the Fisher-KPP equation with a non-local interaction term. We establish a condition on the interaction that allows for existence of non-constant periodic solutions, and prove uniform upper bounds for the solutions of the Cauchy…
In this article, we consider the hyperbolic and parabolic Anderson models in arbitrary space dimension $d$, with constant initial condition, driven by a Gaussian noise which is white in time. We consider two spatial covariance structures:…
We study flow-induced enhancement of the speed of pulsating traveling fronts for reaction-diffusion equations, and quenching of reaction by fluid flows. We prove, for periodic flows in two dimensions and any combustion-type reaction, that…
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Using the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations we study the propagation of planar fronts in superconductors, which would appear after a quench to zero applied magnetic field. Our numerical solutions show that the fronts propagate at a…
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In the current series of two papers, we study the long time behavior of the following random Fisher-KPP equation $$ u_t =u_{xx}+a(\theta_t\omega)u(1-u),\quad x\in\mathbb{R} $$ where $\omega\in\Omega$, $(\Omega, \mathcal{F},\mathbb{P})$ is a…
In this paper we study the parabolic Anderson equation \partial u(x,t)/\partial t=\kappa\Delta u(x,t)+\xi(x,t)u(x,t), x\in\Z^d, t\geq 0, where the u-field and the \xi-field are \R-valued, \kappa \in [0,\infty) is the diffusion constant, and…
We study the effect of a cut-off on the speed of pulled fronts of the one dimensional reaction diffusion equation. We prove rigorous upper and lower bounds on the speed in terms of the cut-off parameter epsilon. From these bounds we…
We investigate the influence of a general non-local advection term of the form K * u to propagation in the one-dimensional Fisher-KPP equation. This model is a generalization of the Keller-Segel-Fisher system. When K $\in$ L 1 (R), we…
We consider the ordering kinetics of a nonconserved scalar field advected by a uniform shear flow. Using the Ohta-Jasnow-Kawasaki approximation, modified to allow for shear-induced anisotropy, we calculate the asymptotic time dependence of…
We continue our study of the parabolic Anderson equation $\partial u(x,t)/\partial t = \kappa\Delta u(x,t) + \xi(x,t)u(x,t)$, $x\in\Z^d$, $t\geq 0$, where $\kappa \in [0,\infty)$ is the diffusion constant, $\Delta$ is the discrete…
The current paper is concerned with the spreading speeds of the following parabolic-parabolic chemotaxis model with logistic source on $\mathbb{R}^{N}$, \begin{equation} \begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u-\chi\nabla\cdot ( u\nabla v) +…
We jointly investigate the existence of quasi-stationary distributions for one dimensional L\'evy processes and the existence of traveling waves for the Fisher-Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov (F-KPP) equation associated with the same motion.…
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