Traveling fronts of pyramidal shapes in the Allen-Cahn equations

被引:89
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作者
Taniguchi, Masaharu [1 ]
机构
[1] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Math & Comp Sci, Tokyo 1528552, Japan
关键词
pyramidal traveling wave; Allen; Cahn equation; bistable;
D O I
10.1137/060661788
中图分类号
O29 [应用数学];
学科分类号
070104 ;
摘要
This paper studies pyramidal traveling fronts in the Allen-Cahn equation or in the Nagumo equation. For the nonlinearity we are concerned mainly with the bistable reaction term with unbalanced energy density. Two-dimensional V-form waves and cylindrically symmetric waves in higher dimensions have been recently studied. Our aim in this paper is to construct truly three-dimensional traveling waves. For a pyramid that satisfies a condition, we construct a traveling front for which the contour line has a pyramidal shape. We also construct generalized pyramidal fronts and traveling waves of a hybrid type between pyramidal waves and planar V-form waves. We use the comparison principles and construct traveling fronts between supersolutions and subsolutions.
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页码:319 / 344
页数:26
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