Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Motivated by its application in ecology, we consider an extended Klausmeier model, a singularly perturbed reaction-advection-diffusion equation with spatially varying coefficients. We rigorously establish existence of stationary pulse solutions by blending techniques from geometric singular perturbation theory with bounds derived from the theory of exponential dichotomies. Moreover, the spectral stability of these solutions is determined, using similar methods. It is found that, due to the breakdown of translation invariance, the presence of spatially varying terms can stabilize or destabilize a pulse solution. In particular, this leads to the discovery of a pitchfork bifurcation and existence of stationary multipulse solutions.
DOI: 10.1137/19m1255665
Language: English
Subfield: Numerical Analysis
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2904280714