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Layers and spikes in non-homogeneous bistable reaction-diffusion equations
Author(s):
Shangbing
Ai;
Xinfu
Chen;
Stuart
P.
Hastings
Journal:
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc.
358
(2006),
3169-3206.
MSC (2000):
Primary 35K57
Posted:
February 20, 2006
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Abstract:
We study , where , , and is sufficiently small, on an interval with boundary conditions at . All solutions with an independent number of oscillations are analyzed. Existence of complicated patterns of layers and spikes is proved, and their Morse index is determined. It is observed that the results extend to with and also to an infinite interval.
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Shangbing
Ai
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama at Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama 35899
Email:
ais@email.uah.edu
Xinfu
Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
Email:
xinfu@pitt.edu
Stuart
P.
Hastings
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260
Email:
sph@pitt.edu
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9947-06-03834-7
PII:
S 0002-9947(06)03834-7
Received by editor(s):
April 17, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
September 1, 2004
Posted:
February 20, 2006
Additional Notes:
The second author thanks the National Science Foundation Grant DMS--0203991 for their support.
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