Pattern formations and spatial entropy for spatially discrete diffusion equations (Q2486643)

This paper attempts to extend previous studies on lattice dynamical systems to further generality. The authors are especially interested in a class of stationary patterns called mosaic patterns. They present a methodology for constructing mosaic patterns for the spatially discrete diffusion equations under considerations. The authors propose a geometrical formulation to characterize the existence of basic patterns and derive the parameter conditions for such an existence. For mosaic patterns on 1D, transition matrices are formulated to describe the formation of patterns and to compute the spatial entropy. The authors investigate the influence of boundary conditions upon pattern formation. Moreover, they provide some numerical illustrations for two-dimensional patterns.