Wavefront Propagation for Reaction-Diffusion Systems of PDE

Abstract

The theory of viscosity solutions for Hamilton-Jacobi equations is used to study the asymptotic behavior of solutions to certain systems of reaction-diffusion PDE. Our principal result characterizes the region of convergence of the solution to an unstable rest point as the set where the solution of an appropriate Hamilton-Jacobi equation is positive. Keywords include: Partial differential equations; Wavefront propagation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA210862

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  • G. Barles
  • L. C. Evans
  • Panagiotis E. Souganidis

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  • Brown University

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