Asymptotics of solutions in \(nA+ nB\to C\) reaction-diffusion systems (Q1976642)

The authors consider the reaction-diffusion problem \(a_t=a_{xx}-1/2(4ab)^n\), \(b_t=b_{xx}- 1/2(4ab)^n\), \(x\in\mathbb{R}\), \(t\geq 0\), with the initial conditions \(a(x,0)=a_0(x)\), \(b(x,0)=b_0(x)\), where \(n\in \mathbb{N}\), \(n\geq 1\), is fixed. This initial value problem models the time evolution of a chemical system of two (initially separated) substances \(A\) and \(B\) that diffuse in some substratum and react according to \(nA+nB\to C\); the functions \(a\) and \(b\) represent the densities of the substances \(A\) and \(B\), respectively. The main result is an inequality (in the case \(n\geq 4)\) which is satisfied by \(a+b\), for all \(t\geq 0\), uniformly in \(x\).