Stability of a periodic solution for a system of parabolic equations (Q4339880)

The following system of parabolic equations with Neumann boundary condition is considered: \[ u_t=D\Delta u+f(u)\quad(t\geq0, u\in \mathbb{R}^n) , \qquad {\partial u\over\partial\eta}=0\quad\text{ on} \partial\Omega, \tag{1} \] where \(f\in{\mathcal C}^2(\mathbb{R}^n),\) \(D=\text{ diag }(d_1,\dots,d_n)\) is a diagonal matrix with \(d_i>0,\) and \(\Omega\) is a bounded domain in \(\mathbb{R}^N.\) The stability of a space-variable independent solution \(u=\varphi(t)\) of this problem is investigated. Such a solution satisfies obviously the system of ordinary differential equations \(u_t=f(u),\) whose linearization is \[ z_t=f_u(\varphi(t))z. \tag{2} \] The stability of \(\varphi(t)\) as a solution of (1) is studied in terms of Floquet exponents of equation (2). If the diffusion coefficients \(d_i\) are close each to other and the Floquet exponents are such that zero is simple and the other have negative real part, then it is proved that this solution is orbitally asymptotically stable as a solution of (1).