Sharp Transition Between Extinction and Propagation of Reaction

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2005-04-15

arxiv.org/abs/math/0504333v1

Mathematics

Analysis of PDEs

15 pages

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We consider the reaction-diffusion equation \[ T_t = T_{xx} + f(T) \] on $\bbR$ with $T_0(x) \equiv \chi_{[-L,L]} (x)$ and $f(0)=f(1)=0$. In 1964 Kanel' proved that if $f$ is an ignition non-linearity, then $T\to 0$ as $t\to\infty$ when $LL_1$. We answer the open question of relation of $L_0$ and $L_1$ by showing that $L_0=L_1$. We also determine the large time limit of $T$ in the critical case $L=L_0$, thus providing the phase portrait for the above PDE with respect to a 1-parameter family of initial data. Analogous results for combustion and bistable non-linearities are proved as well.

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