A note on the properties of a family of travelling-wave solutions arising in cubic autocatalysis (Q3974166)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 11155
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 11155 |
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A note on the properties of a family of travelling-wave solutions arising in cubic autocatalysis (English)
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25 June 1992
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decay
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autocatalyst
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travelling waves
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reaction-diffusion equations
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We consider the propagating reaction-diffusion waves that may develop in the isothermal, autocatalytic, chemical system \(A+2B\to3B\). Permanent form travelling wave solutions exist for all propagation speeds \(v\geq1/\sqrt 2\). The travelling wave with minimum propagation speed, \(v=1/\sqrt 2\), exhibits exponential decay in the concentration of the autocatalyst, \(B\), ahead of the wavefront, whilst for faster travelling waves, \(v>1/\sqrt 2\). the autocatalyst concentration decays algebraically. This difference in behaviour ahead of the wavefront has implications for the speed of travelling waves generated from an initial value problem.
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