Stability of mass action reaction-diffusion systems. (Q1428629)

The authors consider a chemical system of \(n\) components and \(m\) reactions \[ \sum^n_{k=1} \alpha_{ik} A_k\to \sum^n_{k=1} \beta_{ik} A_k\quad\text{for }i= 1,\dots, m, \] where by \(A_k\) is denoted the chemical species, \(k= 1,\dots, n\). The concentration of the chemical species \(A_k\) taking part in the reaction is denoted by \(u_k\). They show that in the case of an acyclic graph \(u= u(x,t)\), \(u= (u_1,\dots, u_n)\) converges as \(t\to\infty\) to a constant solution \(\overline u\), which is an equilibrium point for the corresponding ordinary differential equation (ODE) system. For the reversible reactions, the \(\omega\)-limit set of a solution is either a positive equilibrium point or nonnegative equilibrium point of the corresponding ODE system.