Pattern formation in competition-diffusion systems in nonconvex domains (Q799867)

In this paper the authors consider the following competition diffusion system \[ (1)\quad\partial u/\partial t=d_ 1\Delta u+f(u,v)\quad (x\in\Omega,\quad t>0),\quad\partial v/\partial t=d_ 2\Delta v+g(u,v)\quad (x\in\Omega,\quad t>0), \] where \(d_ i>0\), \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain of \(R^ n\), \(\partial f/\partial v,\partial g/\partial u\leq 0\), subject to homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. The aim is to study the convergence of solution of (1) to some stable spatially inhomogeneous pattern (equilibrium solution or periodic solution) as \(t\to +\infty.\) They prove that if the spatial domain \(\Omega\) is not convex and the O.D.E. system associated to (1) possesses a pair of asymptotically stable equilibria, then a stable spatially inhomogeneous equilibrium solution exists, that is a spatial segregation between two competing species. Moreover the case of biodiffusion coefficient with \(d_ 1\) depends on v as \(d_ 1+\alpha v\) and \(d_ 2\) depends on u as \(d_ 2+\beta u\) is studied to take into account the contributes of cross-population pressures.