On the Two-Dimensional Gierer--Meinhardt System with Strong Coupling (Q4701919)

The authors study the Gierer-Meinhardt system \[ A_t= \varepsilon^2\Delta A- A+ A^p/H^q,\quad A> 0\quad\text{in }\Omega, \] \[ \tau H_t= D\Delta H- H+ A^r/H^s,\quad H>0\quad\text{in }\Omega, \] \[ {\partial A\over\partial\nu}= {\partial H\over\partial\nu}= 0\quad\text{on}\quad \partial\Omega. \] The unknowns \(A= A(x,t)\), \(H= H(x,t)\) represent the concentrations at a point \(x\in\Omega\) at time \(t\) of some biochemicals called activator and inhibitor, \(\varepsilon\), \(\tau\), \(D\) are positive constants and the exponents \(p\), \(q\), \(r\), \(s\) are assumed to satisfy the conditions \[ 1< p<\Biggl({N+ 2\over N-2}\Biggr)_+,\quad q> 0,\quad r>0,\quad s\geq 0,\quad 0<{p- 1\over q}<{r\over s+1}, \] where \(((N+ 2)/(N- 2))_+\) is \((N+ 2)/(N- 2)\) if \(N\geq 3\) and is \(+\infty\) if \(N= 1\) or 2. Using the Lyapunov-Schmidt reduction method, the authors study the associated stationary system for \(\varepsilon\to 0\) in the two-dimensional case, constructing solutions with isolated condensation points.