Propagation properties of reaction-diffusion equations in periodic domains

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Abstract: This paper studies the phenomenon of invasion for heterogeneous reaction-diffusion equations in periodic domains with monostable and combustion reaction terms. We give an answer to a question rised by Berestycki, Hamel and Nadirashvili in [5] concerning the connection between the speed of invasion and the speed of fronts. To do so, we extend the classical Freidlin-Gartner formula to such equations, using a geometrical argument devised by Rossi in [17], and derive some bounds on the speed of fronts using estimates on the heat kernel.


The author studies the propagation properties of general reaction-diffusion equation with periodic coefficient and periodic domain. The results also answer the open problem by \textit{H. Berestycki} et al. [J. Eur. Math. Soc. (JEMS) 7, No. 2, 173--213 (2005; Zbl 1142.35464)]. It provides us that the critical speed of pulsating traveling front and the invasion speed are not everywhere equal. The author extends the classical Freidlin-Gärtner formula to periodic equations and derives some bounds on the speed of invasion using estimates on the heat kernel, and investgates the critical speed of fronts.











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