Spatial propagation in an epidemic model with nonlocal diffusion: the influences of initial data and dispersals

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DOI10.1007/S11425-020-1740-1zbMATH Open1464.35384arXiv2007.15441OpenAlexW3103706327MaRDI QIDQ829083FDOQ829083


Authors: Wen-Bing Xu, Shigui Ruan, Wan-Tong Li Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 May 2021

Published in: Science China. Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This paper studies an epidemic model with nonlocal dispersals. We focus on the influences of initial data and nonlocal dispersals on its spatial propagation. Here the initial data stand for the spatial concentrations of infectious agent and infectious human population when the epidemic breaks out and the nonlocal dispersals mean their diffusion strategies. Two types of initial data decaying to zero exponentially or faster are considered. For the first type, we show that the spreading speeds are two constants whose signs change with the number of elements in some set. Moreover, we find an interesting phenomenon: the asymmetry of nonlocal dispersals can influence the propagating directions of solutions and the stability of steady states. For the second type, we show that the spreading speed is decreasing with respect to the exponentially decaying rate of initial data, and further, its minimum value coincides with the spreading speed for the first type. In addition, we give some results about the nonexistence of traveling wave solutions and the monotone property of solutions. Finally, some applications are presented to illustrate the theoretical results.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2007.15441




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