On positive solutions generated by semi-strong saturation effect for the Gierer-Meinhardt system (Q371214)

Existence and asymptotic behavior of a positive solution to the one dimensional stationary shadow system of the Gierer-Meinhardt system with saturation is studied. The problem under consideration is described by \[ 0=\varepsilon^2A'' -A+\frac{A^2}{\xi(1+\kappa_0\varepsilon^{2\alpha}A^2)}, \qquad x\in(0,1), \] \[ \xi=\int_0^1 A^2dx, \quad \qquad A'(0)=A'(1)=0, \] where \(\varepsilon>0\), \(\kappa_0>0\), \(\alpha\geq 0\) are constants. A reaction term of the activator is equipped with saturation effect \(\kappa_0\varepsilon^{2\alpha}\) for \(\alpha\in(0,1)\) (semi-strong saturation effect). The parameter \(\varepsilon>0\) stands for the diffusion constant of the activator. For sufficiently small \(\varepsilon\), with the existence of a new type of solution is shown which has the following properties: a) the solution has an internal transition-layer with \(O(\varepsilon)\) width of order; b) the transition-layer is located in the position of \(O(\varepsilon^{\alpha})\) from the boundary \(x=0\); c) the solution concentrates at \(x=0\) with the amplitude of order \(O(\varepsilon^{-\alpha})\) for \(\varepsilon\ll 1\).