Multidimensional stability of planar travelling waves

The multidimensional stability of planar travelling waves for systems of reaction-diffusion equations is considered in the case that the diffusion matrix is the identity. It is shown that if the wave is exponentially orbitally stable in one space dimension, then it is stable for . Furthermore, it is shown that the perturbation of the wave decays like as . The result is proved via an application of linear semigroup theory.

     

Existence, uniqueness and stability of travelling waves in a discrete reaction-diffusion monostable equation with delay

In this paper, we study the existence, uniqueness and asymptotic stability of travelling wavefronts of the following equation:

u_t(x,t)=D[u(x+1,t)+u(x-1,t)-2u(x,t)]-du(x,t)+b(u(x,t-r)),     

Existence of travelling waves in a modified vector-disease model

In this paper, we consider travelling wave solutions for a modified vector-disease model. Special attention is paid to the model in which a susceptible vector can receive the infection not only from the infectious host but also from the infectious vector. For the strong generic delay kernel, we show that travelling wave solutions exist using the geometric singular perturbation theory.     

Existence of multidimensional travelling waves in the bistable case

We construct the topological degree and apply the Leray-Schauder method to prove the existence of multidimensional travelling waves for a class of parabolic systems of equations.     

Existence and stabilty of multidimensional travelling waves in the monostable case

The paper is devoted to the existence and stability of travelling waves described by monotone parabolic systems in the monostable case. The first initial-boundary value problem is considered. Existence of waves is proved for all values of the velocity greater than or equal to the minimal velocity. A minimax representation for the minimal velocity is obtained. Stability of monotone waves in a weighted norm is proved.     

Spectrum of some integro-differential operators and stability of travelling waves

Spectral properties of some integro-differential operators on R¹ are studied. Characterisation of the principal eigenvalue is obtained in terms of the positive eigenfunction. These results are used to prove local and global stability of travelling waves and to find their speed.     

Existence of periodic travelling waves solutions in predator prey model with diffusion

This paper deals with the qualitative analysis of the travelling waves solutions of a reaction diffusion model that refers to the competition between the predator and prey with modified Leslie–Gower and Holling type II schemes. The well posedeness of the problem is proved. We establish sufficient conditions for the asymptotic stability of the unique nontrivial positive steady state of the model by analyzing roots of the forth degree exponential polynomial characteristic equation. We also prove the existence of a Hopf bifurcation which leads to periodic oscillating travelling waves by considering the diffusion coefficient as a parameter of bifurcation. Numerical simulations are given to illustrate the analytical study.     

On the stability of travelling waves with vorticity obtained by minimization

We modify the approach of Burton and Toland Comm. Pure Appl. Math. LXIV. 975–1007 (2011) to show the existence of periodic surface water waves with vorticity in order that it becomes suited to a stability analysis. This is achieved by enlarging the function space to a class of stream functions that do not correspond necessarily to travelling profiles. In particular, for smooth profiles and smooth stream functions, the normal component of the velocity field at the free boundary is not required a priori to vanish in some Galilean coordinate system. Travelling periodic waves are obtained by a direct minimization of a functional that corresponds to the total energy and that is therefore preserved by the time-dependent evolutionary problem (this minimization appears in Comm. Pure Appl. Math. LXIV. 975–1007 2011 after a first maximization). In addition, we not only use the circulation along the upper boundary as a constraint, but also the total horizontal impulse (the velocity becoming a Lagrange multiplier). This allows us to preclude parallel flows by choosing appropriately the values of these two constraints and the sign of the vorticity. By stability, we mean conditional energetic stability of the set of minimizers as a whole, the perturbations being spatially periodic of given period. Our proofs depend on the assumption that the surface offers some resistance to stretching and bending.     

Global stability and travelling waves of a predator-prey model with diffusion and nonlocal maturation delay

In this paper, a diffusive predator-prey system with nonlocal maturation delay is investigated. By analyzing the corresponding characteristic equations, the local stability of each of uniform steady states of the system is discussed. Sufficient conditions are derived for the global stability of the positive steady state and the semi-trivial steady state of the system by using the method of upper–lower solutions and its associated monotone iteration scheme, respectively. The existence of travelling wave solution of the system is established by using the geometric singular perturbation theory. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate the theoretical results.     

Detonatlve travelling waves for combustions

The existence of travelling wave solution to equations of a viscous heat conducting combustible fluid is proved. The reactions are assumed to be one step exothermic reactions with a natural discontinuous reaction rate function. The problem is studied for a general gas. Instead of assuming the ideal gas conditions we consider a general thermodynamics which is described by a fairly mild set of hypotheses. Travelling waves for detonations reduce to specific heteroclinic orbits of a discontinuous system of ODE's. The existence proof for heteroclinic orbits corresponding to weak and strong detonation waves is carried out by some general topological arguments in ODE. The uniqueness and nonuniqueness of these waves are also considered.     

Bistable travelling waves in competitive recursion systems

This paper is devoted to the study of spatial dynamics for a class of discrete-time recursion systems, which describes the spatial propagation of two competitive invaders. The existence and global stability of bistable travelling waves are established for such systems under appropriate conditions. The methods involve the upper and lower solutions, spreading speeds of monostable systems, and the monotone semiflows approach.     

Wave front tracing and asymptotic stability of planar travelling waves for a two-dimensional shallow river model

The propagation of surface water waves in a frictional channel with a uniformly inclined bed is governed by a two-dimensional shallow river model. In this paper, we consider the time-asymptotic stability of weak planar travelling waves for a two-dimensional shallow river model with Darcy's law. We derive an effective parabolic equation to analyze the wave front motion. By employing weighted energy estimates, we show that weak planar travelling waves are time-asymptotically stable under sufficiently small perturbations.     

Stability of travelling waves in models of superconductivity

The linear stability of two travelling waves describing phasechanges in superconducting materials is examined. The firstdescribes the change of phase between normally conducting andsuperconducting states in a type I superconductor, while thesecond describes the transition from the superconducting stateto the mixed state in a type II superconductor.     

Multidimensional travelling waves in the monostable case

We prove existence and stability of multidimensional travelling waves for monotone parabolic systems of equations. We consider the so-called monostable case for which one of the limiting values at infinity is stable with respect to the limiting problem and another one is unstable.     

Existence and stability of traveling waves for an integro-differential equation for slow erosion

We study an integro-differential equation that describes the slow erosion of granular flow. The equation is a first order nonlinear conservation law where the flux function includes an integral term. We show that there exist unique traveling wave solutions that connect profiles with equilibrium slope at ±∞. Such traveling waves take very different forms from those in standard conservation laws. Furthermore, we prove that the traveling wave profiles are locally stable, i.e., solutions with monotone initial data approach the traveling waves asymptotically as t→+∞$t\to +\infty$.     

Existence,orbital stability and instability of solitary waves for coupled BBM equations

This paper is concerned with the orbital stability/instability of solitary waves for coupled BBM equations which have Hamiltonian form. The explicit solitary wave solutions will be worked out first. Then by detailed spectral analysis and decaying estimates of solutions for the initial value problem, we obtain the orbital stability/instability of solitary waves.