A meeting point of entropy and bifurcations in cross-diffusion herding

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DOI10.1017/S0956792516000346zbMATH Open1386.35162arXiv1504.07555OpenAlexW3098166373MaRDI QIDQ4594641FDOQ4594641


Authors: Ansgar Jüngel, Christian Kuehn, Lara Trussardi Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 24 November 2017

Published in: European Journal of Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A cross-diffusion system modeling the information herding of individuals is analyzed in a bounded domain with no-flux boundary conditions. The variables are the species' density and an influence function which modifies the information state of the individuals. The cross-diffusion term may stabilize or destabilize the system. Furthermore, it allows for a formal gradient-flow or entropy structure. Exploiting this structure, the global-in-time existence of weak solutions and the exponential decay to the constant steady state is proved in certain parameter regimes. This approach does not extend to all parameters. We investigate local bifurcations from homogeneous steady states analytically to determine whether this defines the validity boundary. This analysis shows that generically there is a gap in the parameter regime between the entropy approach validity and the first local bifurcation. Next, we use numerical continuation methods to track the bifurcating non-homogeneous steady states globally and to determine non-trivial stationary solutions related to herding behaviour. In summary, we find that the main boundaries in the parameter regime are given by the first local bifurcation point, the degeneracy of the diffusion matrix and a certain entropy decay validity condition. We study several parameter limits analytically as well as numerically, with a focus on the role of changing a linear damping parameter as well as a parameter controlling the cross-diffusion. We suggest that our paradigm of comparing bifurcation-generated obstructions to the parameter validity of global-functional methods could also be of relevance for many other models beyond the one studied here.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.07555




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