An economic cross-diffusion mutualistic model for cities emergence

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Hauptverfasser: de-Córdoba, Gonzalo F., Galiano, Gonzalo
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author de-Córdoba, Gonzalo F.
Galiano, Gonzalo
author_facet de-Córdoba, Gonzalo F.
Galiano, Gonzalo
contents We study an evolution cross-diffusion problem with mutualistic Lotka-Volterra reaction term to modelize the long-term spatial distribution of labor and capital. The mutualistic behavior is deduced from the gradient flow associated to profits maximization. We perform a linear and weakly nonlinear stability analysis and find conditions under which the uniform optimum of profits becomes unstable, leading to pattern formation. The patterns alternate regions of high and low concentrations of both labor and capital, which may be interpreted as cities. Finally, numerical simulations based on the weakly nonlinear analysis, as well as in a finite element approximation, are provided.
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spellingShingle An economic cross-diffusion mutualistic model for cities emergence
de-Córdoba, Gonzalo F.
Galiano, Gonzalo
Analysis of PDEs
We study an evolution cross-diffusion problem with mutualistic Lotka-Volterra reaction term to modelize the long-term spatial distribution of labor and capital. The mutualistic behavior is deduced from the gradient flow associated to profits maximization. We perform a linear and weakly nonlinear stability analysis and find conditions under which the uniform optimum of profits becomes unstable, leading to pattern formation. The patterns alternate regions of high and low concentrations of both labor and capital, which may be interpreted as cities. Finally, numerical simulations based on the weakly nonlinear analysis, as well as in a finite element approximation, are provided.
title An economic cross-diffusion mutualistic model for cities emergence
topic Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.04008