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Novel stability results for traveling wavefronts in an age-structured reaction-diffusion equation

Authors :
Ming Mei
Yau Shu Wong
Source :
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, Vol 6, Iss 4, Pp 743-752 (2009)
Publication Year :
2009
Publisher :
AIMS Press, 2009.

Abstract

For a time-delayed reaction-diffusion equation of age-structuredsingle species population, the linear and nonlinear stability ofthe traveling wavefronts were proved by Gourley [4] andLi-Mei-Wong [8] respectively. The stability results,however, assume the delay-time is sufficiently small. We now provethat the wavefronts remain stable even when the delay-time isarbitrarily large. This essentially improves the previousstability results obtained in [4, 8]. Finally, we point outthat this novel stability can be applied to the age-structuredreaction-diffusion equation with a more general maturation rate.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15510018
Volume :
6
Issue :
4
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.533916c77f4a4e8ab47747c0845341d4
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2009.6.743