Note on propagation speed of travelling waves for a weakly coupled parabolic system. (Q5934268)

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Note on propagation speed of travelling waves for a weakly coupled parabolic system.
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1606215

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    Note on propagation speed of travelling waves for a weakly coupled parabolic system. (English)
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    2001
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    Consider the system of two coupled reaction-diffusion equations \[ w_t= Dw_{xx}+ h(w)\tag{\(*\)} \] with \(D= \text{diag}(1,d)\), \(d> 0\), \(x\in\mathbb R\). Let \(w= u(\xi)= u(x-ct)\) be a travelling wave solution of \((*)\) satisfying \[ \lim_{\xi\to\pm\infty}\, u(\xi)= u_0,\quad h(u_0)= 0. \] The author proves that if \((*)\) has a nonconstant travelling wave and if \(u_0\) is an exponentially stable equilibrium of \(\dot w= h(w)\), where \(h\) satisfies two additional assumptions, then it holds \(c= 0\).
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    method of moving planes
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