Fronts and pulses in a class of reaction-diffusion equations: A geometric singular perturbation approach (Q2707002)

The existence of multiple-front solutions to the singularly perturbed reaction-diffusion equations NEWLINE\[NEWLINE U_t=U_{xx}+F(U,P)+\varepsilon G(U,U_x,P,P_x),NEWLINE\]NEWLINE NEWLINE\[NEWLINE \varepsilon^{\nu} P_t=P_{xx}+\varepsilon^{\mu}K(U,U_x,P,P_x),NEWLINE\]NEWLINE (where \(\varepsilon\) is a small positive parameter) is studied. By a travelling wave ansatz, this problem is reduced to a 4-dimensional system of ODEs. Topological, analytical and asymptotic methods are used to study the existence of homoclinic and heteroclinic solutions. A geometric singular perturbation approach is given. The general theory is applied to an example and some numerical simulations of front-type solutions are given.