EVANS FUNCTIONS AND INSTABILITY OF A STANDING PULSE SOLUTION OF A NONLINEAR SYSTEM OF REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

In this paper, we consider a nonlinear system of reaction diffusion equations arising from mathematical neuroscience and two nonlinear scalar reaction diffusion equations under some assumptions on their coefficients. The main purpose is to couple together linearized stability criterion (the equivalence of the nonlinear stability, the linear stability and the spectral stability of the standing pulse solutions) and Evans functions to accomplish the existence and instability of standing pulse solutions of the nonlinear system of reaction diffusion equations and the nonlinear scalar reaction diffusion equations. The Evans functions for the standing pulse solutions are constructed explicitly.     

A variational approach to stochastic nonlinear parabolic problems

This work is concerned with an optimal control approach to stochastic nonlinear parabolic diffusion equations with monotonically increasing nonlinearity. This approach leads to sharper existence and uniqueness results under minimal growth conditions on nonlinear diffusion coefficients.     

Spatial patterns of the Holling–Tanner predator–prey model with nonlinear diffusion effects

In this article, we study the Holling–Tanner predator–prey model with nonlinear diffusion terms under homogeneous Neumann boundary condition. The nonlinear diffusion terms here mean that the prey runs away from the predator, and the predator chases the prey. Nonexistence and existence of nonconstant positive steady states are obtained, which reveal that cross-diffusion can create spatial patterns even when the random diffusion fails to do so. Moreover, asymptotic behaviour of positive solutions as the cross-diffusion tends to ∞ is shown.     

Asymptotic behavior for a class of the renewal nonlinear equation with diffusion

In this paper, we consider nonlinear age‐structured equation with diffusion under nonlocal boundary condition and non‐negative initial data. More precisely, we prove that under some assumptions on the nonlinear term in a model of McKendrick–Von Foerster with diffusion in age, solutions exist and converge (long‐time convergence) towards a stationary solution. In the first part, we use classical analysis tools to prove the existence, uniqueness, and the positivity of the solution. In the second part, using comparison principle, we prove the convergence of this solution towards the stationary solution. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Homogenization of a stochastic nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation with a large reaction term: The almost periodic framework

Homogenization of a stochastic nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation with a large nonlinear term is considered. Under a general Besicovitch almost periodicity assumption on the coefficients of the equation we prove that the sequence of solutions of the said problem converges in probability towards the solution of a rather different type of equation, namely, the stochastic nonlinear convection–diffusion equation which we explicitly derive in terms of appropriate functionals. We study some particular cases such as the periodic framework, and many others. This is achieved under a suitable generalized concept of $\Sigma$-convergence for stochastic processes.     

PROPERTIES OF POSITIVE SOLUTIONS FOR A NONLOCAL NONLINEAR DIFFUSION EQUATION WITH NONLOCAL NONLINEAR BOUNDARY CONDITION

This article deals with the global existence and blow-up of positive solution of a nonlinear diffusion equation with nonlocal source and nonlocal nonlinear boundary condition. We investigate the influence of the reaction terms, the weight functions and the nonlinear terms in the boundary conditions on global existence and blow up for this equation. Moreover, we establish blow-up rate estimates under some appropriate hypotheses.     

Properties of positive solutions for a nonlocal nonlinear diffusion equation with nonlocal nonlinear boundary condition

This article deals with the global existence and blow-up of positive solution of a nonlinear diffusion equation with nonlocal source and nonlocal nonlinear boundary condition. We investigate the influence of the reaction terms, the weight functions and the nonlinear terms in the boundary conditions on global existence and blow up for this equation. Moreover, we establish blow-up rate estimates under some appropriate hypotheses.     

On the finite time blow-up for filtration problems with nonlinear reaction

We present results for finite time blow-up for filtration problems with nonlinear reaction under appropriate assumptions on the nonlinearities and the initial data. In particular, we prove first finite time blow-up of solutions subject to sufficiently large initial data provided that the reaction term “overpowers” the nonlinear diffusion in a certain sense. Secondly, under related assumptions on the nonlinearities, we show that initial data above positive stationary state solutions will always lead to finite time blow-up.     

Optimal Control Approach to Nonlinear Diffusion Equations Driven by Wiener Noise

The stochastic nonlinear infinite-dimensional equations of gradient type and with additive Wiener noise can be reduced to an optimal convex control problem via Brezis–Ekeland duality device. This approach is illustrated here on a few classes of nonlinear stochastic parabolic equations which are relevant as diffusion models under stochastic Gaussian perturbations, and image restoring technique.     

Correspondence between frame shrinkage and high-order nonlinear diffusion

Nonlinear diffusion filtering and wavelet/frame shrinkage are two popular methods for signal and image denoising. The relationship between these two methods has been studied recently. In this paper we investigate the correspondence between frame shrinkage and nonlinear diffusion.We show that the frame shrinkage of Ron-Shen?s continuous-linear-spline-based tight frame is associated with a fourth-order nonlinear diffusion equation. We derive high-order nonlinear diffusion equations associated with general tight frame shrinkages. These high-order nonlinear diffusion equations are different from the high-order diffusion equations studied in the literature. We also construct two sets of tight frame filter banks which result in the sixth- and eighth-order nonlinear diffusion equations.The correspondence between frame shrinkage and diffusion filtering is useful to design diffusion-inspired shrinkage functions with competitive performance. On the other hand, the study of such a correspondence leads to a new type of diffusion equations and helps to design frame-inspired diffusivity functions. The denoising results with diffusion-inspired shrinkages provided in this paper are promising.     

Blow-up analysis for a reaction–diffusion equation with weighted nonlocal inner absorptions under nonlinear boundary flux

A blow-up analysis for a nonlinear divergence form reaction–diffusion equation with weighted nonlocal inner absorption terms is considered under nonlinear boundary flux in a bounded star-shaped region. Based on the auxiliary function method and the modified differential inequality technique, we establish conditions on weight function and nonlinearities to guarantee the solution exists globally or blows up at finite time. Moreover, upper and lower bounds for the blow-up time are derived under appropriate measure in higher dimensional spaces. Three examples are presented to illustrate applications of our main results.     

Optimal L ∞(L 2)-Error Estimates for the DG Method Applied to Nonlinear Convection–Diffusion Problems with Nonlinear Diffusion

This article is concerned with the analysis of the discontinuous Galerkin finite element method (DGFEM) applied to the space semidiscretization of a nonstationary convection–diffusion problem with nonlinear convection and nonlinear diffusion. Optimal estimates in the L ^∞(L ²)-norm are derived for the symmetric interior penalty (SIPG) scheme in two dimensions. The error analysis is carried out for nonconforming triangular meshes under the assumption that the exact solution of the problem and the solution of a linearized elliptic dual problem are sufficiently regular.     

DIFFUSION AND BIFURCATION PROBLEMS IN SINGULARLY PERTURBED DOMAINS

ABSTRACT. Diffusion problems under singular perturbations of the domain or the boundary conditions are analyzed. The first problem that we consider is the diffusion of a material from a domain that is nearly impermeable, having only several small patches on the boundary where the material can slowly leak out. The second problem that is studied is the diffusion of a material that originates from some localized regions in a two or three‐dimensional domain. Steady‐state solutions and the long‐time behavior of solutions are analyzed in detail. Finally, the analysis is extended to determine the change in bifurcation values associated with nonlinear diffusion equations under singular perturbations of the domain. The results are then applied to a model in resource management.     

Pointwise stability estimates for periodic traveling wave solutions of systems of viscous conservation laws

In the previous paper [9], we showed time asymptotic behavior with detailed decaying rates of perturbations of periodic traveling reaction–diffusion waves under small initial perturbations with a Gaussian rate and an algebraic rate. Here, we establish pointwise nonlinear stability up to an appropriate modulation of periodic traveling waves of systems of viscous conservation laws under small algebraic decaying initial data. Similar to the reaction–diffusion equations, by using Bloch decomposition, we start with pointwise bounds on the Green function of the linearized operator about underlying solutions.     

Analysis of the time fractional nonlinear diffusion equation from diffusion process

Under investigation in this paper is a time fractional nonlinear diffusion equation which can be utilized to express various diffusion processes. The symmetry of this considered equation has been obtained via fractional Lie group approach with the sense of Riemann-Liouville (R-L) fractional derivative. Based on the symmetry, this equation can be changed into an ordinary differential equation of fractional order. Moreover, some new invariant solutions of this considered equation are found. Lastly, utilising the Noether theorem and the general form of Noether type theorem, the conservation laws are yielded to the time fractional nonlinear diffusion equation, respectively. Our discovery that there are no conservation laws under the general form of Noether type theorem case. This result tells us the symmetry of this equation is not variational symmetry of the considered functional. These rich results can give us more information to interpret this equation.     

Stable Relaxation Cycle in a Bilocal Neuron Model

We consider the so-called bilocal neuron model, which is a special system of two nonlinear delay differential equations coupled by linear diffusion terms. The system is invariant under the interchange of phase variables. We prove that, under an appropriate choice of parameters, the system under study has a stable relaxation cycle whose components turn into each other under a certain phase shift.     

EXACT SOLUTIONS TO NONLINEAR WAVE EQUATION

In this paper,we use an invariant set to construct exact solutions to a nonlinear wave equation with a variable wave speed. Moreover,we obtain conditions under which the equation admits a nonclassical symmetry. Several different nonclassical symmetries for equations with different diffusion terms are presented.     

A Duality Approach to Nonlinear Diffusion Equations

We provide new existence results for a nonlinear diffusion equation with a monotonically increasing multivalued time-dependent nonlinearity, under minimal growth and coercivity conditions. The results given in this paper prove that a generalized solution to the nonlinear equation is provided by a solution to an equivalent minimization problem for a convex functional involving the potential of the nonlinearity and its conjugate, in the case when the potential is time and space depending. If the potential is time depending only and it has a symmetry at infinity, the null minimizer in the minimization problem is found to coincide with a weak solution to the nonlinear equation.     

A Variational Analysis for the Moving Finite Element Method for Gradient Flows

By using the Onsager principle as an approximation tool, we give a novel derivation for the moving finite element method for gradient flow equations. We show that the discretized problem has the same energy dissipation structure as the continuous one. This enables us to do numerical analysis for the stationary solution of a nonlinear reaction diffusion equation using the approximation theory of free-knot piecewise polynomials. We show that under certain conditions the solution obtained by the moving finite element method converges to a local minimizer of the total energy when time goes to infinity. The global minimizer, once it is detected by the discrete scheme, approximates the continuous stationary solution in optimal order. Numerical examples for a linear diffusion equation and a nonlinear Allen-Cahn equation are given to verify the analytical results.     

Asymptotic analysis for a nonlinear reaction–diffusion system modeling an infectious disease

In this paper we study a nonlinear reaction–diffusion system which models an infectious disease caused by bacteria such as those for Cholera. One of the significant features in this model is that a certain portion of the recovered human hosts may lose a lifetime immunity and could be infected again. Another important feature in the model is that the mobility for each species is allowed to be dependent upon both the location and time. With the whole population assumed to be susceptible with the bacteria, the model is a strongly coupled nonlinear reaction–diffusion system. We prove that the nonlinear system has a unique solution globally in any space dimension under some natural conditions on the model parameters and the given data. Moreover, the long-time behavior and stability analysis for the solutions are carried out rigorously. In particular, we characterize the precise conditions on variable parameters about the stability or instability of all steady-state solutions. These new results provide the answers to several open questions raised in the literature.