Existence of traveling waves of auto-catalytic systems with decay (Q267477): Difference between revisions

Consider the reaction-diffusion system \[ \begin{aligned} u_t &= u_{xx}- uv^m,\\ v_t &= dv_{xx}+ uv^m-v\end{aligned} \] with \(m>1\), \(d>0\). The problem of the existence of a traveling wave \(u(x,t)= u(x- ct)= u(\xi)\), \(v(x,t)= v(x-ct)= v(\xi)\) with the speed \(c>0\) connecting the equilibrium \((u_0, 0)\) at \(\xi=-\infty\) with the equilibrium \((u_1,0)\) at \(\xi=+\infty\) with \(u_1>u_0>0\) leads to the boundary value problem \[ \begin{gathered} u''+ cu'= uv^m,\\ dv''+ cv'= v- uv^m,\\ u(-\infty)= u_0,\;v(-\infty)= v(+\infty)= 0,\;u(\infty)<\infty,\\ u'> 0,\;v>0.\end{gathered}\tag{\(*\)} \] The authors prove that to given \(u_0>0\) there exists a positive constant \(c\) such that \((*)\) has a solution. Moreover, it holds \[ c^2<2d\Biggl[\max(1,d)\Biggl({m+1\over 2u_0}\Biggr)^{{m\over m-1}} {m+1\over m-1}+ m-1\Biggr]. \]