Travelingcurved fronts in monotone bistable systems

Zhi-Cheng Wang

doi:10.3934/dcds.2012.32.2339

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2012, Volume 32, Issue 6: 2339-2374. Doi: 10.3934/dcds.2012.32.2339

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Traveling curved fronts in monotone bistable systems

Zhi-Cheng Wang^1,

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School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu 730000

Received: January 2011

Revised: October 2011

Published: June 2012

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This paper is concerned with the existence, uniqueness and stability of traveling curved fronts for reaction-diffusion bistable systems in two-dimensional space. By establishing the comparison theorem and constructing appropriate supersolutions and subsolutions, we prove the existence of traveling curved fronts. Furthermore, we show that the curved front is globally stable. Finally, we apply the results to three important models in biology.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: 35K57, 35B35, 35B40.

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