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Applicable Analysis: An International Journal

Volume 89, Issue 7, 2010

Special Issue: Analysis and Applications of PDEs in Biomathematics

Stationary periodic and homoclinic solutions for nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations

Stationary periodic and homoclinic solutions for nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations

DOI:
10.1080/00036810903393791
Shangbing Aia*

pages 963-981

Available online: 15 Jun 2010

Abstract

We study spatially periodic patterns for 1-D nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations that arise from various biological models. The problem reduces to study periodic and homoclinic solutions of differential equations with perturbations containing convolution terms. We consider the case that the system is time-reversible. Assuming that the unperturbed system has a family of periodic orbits surrounded by a homoclinic orbit, we establish the persistence of these solutions for the perturbed equations. We apply this result to the important Gray–Scott autocatalytic model.

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  • Available online: 15 Jun 2010

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  • a Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA

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