Curved fronts of bistable reaction-diffusion equations in spatially periodic media (Q2665252)

The authors studies the curved fronts of spatially periodic R-D equations of bistable type: \[u_t=\Delta u+f(x,y,u), \quad (t,x,y)\in\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^2, \] where \(\Delta u:=u_{xx}+u_{yy}\) denotes the diffusion term, and the reaction term \(f(x,y,u)\) is assumed to be periodic in \((x,y)\) and bistable in \(u\). Under the a priori assumption that there exist pulsating fronts in every direction, the authors give some sufficient and some necessary conditions (along with some concrete examples) of the existence of curved fronts. Moreover, they prove the uniqueness and stability of such curved front. Finally, the authors construct a curved front with varying interfaces and give an example.