| Abstract: | The qualitative behavior of the solutions of a reaction-diffusion system arising in the theory of nuclear reactors is investigated by means of singular perturbation techniques, the small parameter ? representing the inverse of neutron velocity. At the lowest approximation for small ? the solutions exhibit oscillations about the unique strictly positive equilibrium, much as in the case of the associated lumped parameter system. A two-times representation for solutions of small amplitudes is also given. |
