Dynamical systems and traveling waves in almost periodic structures (Q5929061): Difference between revisions

Extending earlier work on this subject, the author focuses on the existence of monotone almost periodic traveling waves in almost periodic (scalar) reaction-diffusion equations. An almost periodic traveling wave has almost period wave speed and profile. The existence of these is approached by limits of certain wave-like solutions and the construction of a dynamical system on the wave-like solution's limit set. Wave-like solutions are found by using the parabolic nature of the system. Several sometimes technical theorems elucidate these waves and more refined notions of them, such as critical waves, which is the ``average steepest'' wave. The ``average speed'' of the latter depends on the stability of the asymptotic states: it is minimal (maximal) if the left (right) state is stable. If both states are stable, the wave is unique, almost periodic and asymptotically stable. For certain KPP-type equations, the existence of such waves with any large enough speed is shown, where the critical is ``average slowest''.