Asymptotic limit of the principal eigenvalue of asymmetric nonlocal diffusion operators and propagation dynamics

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Main Authors: Du, Yihong, Fang, Xiangdong, Ni, Wenjie
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author Du, Yihong
Fang, Xiangdong
Ni, Wenjie
author_facet Du, Yihong
Fang, Xiangdong
Ni, Wenjie
contents For fixed $c\in\mathbb R$, $l>0$ and a general non-symmetric kernel function $J(x)$ satisfying a standard assumption, we consider the nonlocal diffusion operator \begin{align*} \bf{L}^{J, c}_{(-l,l)}[ϕ](x):=\int_{-l}^lJ(x-y)ϕ(y)\,dy+cϕ'(x), \end{align*} and prove that its principal eigenvalue $λ_p(\bf{L}^{J, c}_{(-l,l)})$ has the following asymptotic limit: \begin{equation*}\label{l-to-infty-c} \lim\limits_{l\to \infty}λ_p(\bf {L}^{J, c}_{(-l,l)})=\inf\limits_{ν\in\mathbb{R}}\big[\int_{\mathbb{R}}J(x)e^{-νx}\,dx+cν\big]. \end{equation*} We then demonstrate how this result can be applied to determine the propagation dynamics of the associated Cauchy problem \begin{equation*} \label{cau} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle u_t = d \big[\int_{\mathbb{R}} J(x-y) u(t,y) \, dy - u(t,x)\big] + f(u), & t > 0, \; x \in \mathbb{R}, u(0, x) = u_0(x), & x \in \mathbb{R}, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} with a KPP nonlinear term $f(u)$. This provides a new approach to understand the propagation dynamics of KPP type models, very different from those based on traveling wave solutions or on the dynamical systems method of Weinberger (1982).
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spellingShingle Asymptotic limit of the principal eigenvalue of asymmetric nonlocal diffusion operators and propagation dynamics
Du, Yihong
Fang, Xiangdong
Ni, Wenjie
Analysis of PDEs
35K57, 35R20
For fixed $c\in\mathbb R$, $l>0$ and a general non-symmetric kernel function $J(x)$ satisfying a standard assumption, we consider the nonlocal diffusion operator \begin{align*} \bf{L}^{J, c}_{(-l,l)}[ϕ](x):=\int_{-l}^lJ(x-y)ϕ(y)\,dy+cϕ'(x), \end{align*} and prove that its principal eigenvalue $λ_p(\bf{L}^{J, c}_{(-l,l)})$ has the following asymptotic limit: \begin{equation*}\label{l-to-infty-c} \lim\limits_{l\to \infty}λ_p(\bf {L}^{J, c}_{(-l,l)})=\inf\limits_{ν\in\mathbb{R}}\big[\int_{\mathbb{R}}J(x)e^{-νx}\,dx+cν\big]. \end{equation*} We then demonstrate how this result can be applied to determine the propagation dynamics of the associated Cauchy problem \begin{equation*} \label{cau} \left\{ \begin{array}{ll} \displaystyle u_t = d \big[\int_{\mathbb{R}} J(x-y) u(t,y) \, dy - u(t,x)\big] + f(u), & t > 0, \; x \in \mathbb{R}, u(0, x) = u_0(x), & x \in \mathbb{R}, \end{array} \right. \end{equation*} with a KPP nonlinear term $f(u)$. This provides a new approach to understand the propagation dynamics of KPP type models, very different from those based on traveling wave solutions or on the dynamical systems method of Weinberger (1982).
title Asymptotic limit of the principal eigenvalue of asymmetric nonlocal diffusion operators and propagation dynamics
topic Analysis of PDEs
35K57, 35R20
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.22062