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The non-local Fisher-KPP equation: travelling waves and steady states

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Nonlinearity, 22 (12): 2813-2844 (2009)

Abstract

We consider the Fisher-KPP equation with a non-local saturation effect defined through an interaction kernel ph(x) and investigate the possible differences with the standard Fisher-KPP equation. Our first concern is the existence of steady states. We prove that if the Fourier transform \\hat\\phi(\\xi) is positive or if the length s of the non-local interaction is short enough, then the only steady states are u ? 0 and u ? 1. Next, we study existence of the travelling waves. We prove that this equation admits travelling wave solutions that connect u = 0 to an unknown positive steady state u?(x), for all speeds c ? c*. The travelling wave connects to the standard state u?(x) ? 1 under the aforementioned conditions: \\hat\\phi(\\xi)$>$0 or s is sufficiently small. However, the wave is not monotonic for s large.

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