Opening the Maslov box for traveling waves in skew-gradient systems: counting eigenvales and proving (in)stability

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2019.68.7831zbMATH Open1442.35208arXiv1709.01908OpenAlexW4243513657WikidataQ126567614 ScholiaQ126567614MaRDI QIDQ5113786FDOQ5113786

Paul Cornwell

Publication date: 17 June 2020

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We obtain geometric insight into the stability of traveling pulses for reaction-diffusion equations with skew-gradient structure. For such systems, a Maslov index of the traveling wave can be defined and related to the eigenvalue equation for the linearization $L$ about the wave. We prove two main results about this index. First, for general skew-gradient systems, it is shown that the Maslov index gives a lower bound on the number of real, unstable eigenvalues of $L$. Second, we show how the Maslov index gives an exact count of all unstable eigenvalues for fast traveling waves in a FitzHugh-Nagumo system. The latter proof involves the Evans function and reveals a new geometric way of understanding algebraic multiplicity of eigenvalues.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.01908

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Traveling wave solutions (35C07) Reaction-diffusion equations (35K57) Semilinear parabolic equations (35K58)

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