Traveling waves in non-local pulse-coupled networks (Q2659041)

The study concentrates on the mathematical model associated to the considered neural network, \[ \frac{\partial u}{\partial t}=1+[\int _0^Lk_L(x-y)R(u(y,t))dy]\Delta(u(x,t)) \] where $k_L(x)$ is an $L$-periodic even kernel. Details can be found in the paper of the second author [J. Math. Biol. 23, 55--74 (1985; Zbl 0583.92002)]. There is a strong connection to this article. The aim of the work here is to characterize the behavior of traveling waves. One shows results on stability of synchrony, existence and stability of traveling waves. The possibility to obtain approximations to the dispersion and stability of traveling waves is analyzed too. Some numerical examples complete the study. All along the article comparison to existing approaches and a review of known results are presented.