Fisher-KPP waves and the minimal speed on hexagonal lattice

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Main Authors: Fang, Jian, Li, Yifei, Lou, Yijun, Wang, Jian
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author Fang, Jian
Li, Yifei
Lou, Yijun
Wang, Jian
author_facet Fang, Jian
Li, Yifei
Lou, Yijun
Wang, Jian
contents The hexagonal structure is ubiquitous in nature. The propagation phenomena occurring in a media with a hexagonal structure remain to be explored. One way of exploring this question is to formulate lattice dynamical systems and analyze the propagation dynamics. In this paper, we propose a lattice differential equation model featuring a discrete diffusion operator with the hexagonal structure, and a monostable nonlinear term known as the Fisher-KPP mechanism in modeling population growth. A rigorous analysis is conducted on the traveling waves, thoroughly establishing the existence and uniqueness (up to translation) of the traveling waves. Moreover, the periodicity and monotonicity of the minimal wave speed concerning an angle are demonstrated, which is different from the existing results of the minimal wave speed in $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $\mathbb{Z}^2$. Numerical results validate theoretical analysis and further suggest that the minimal wave speed is also the spreading speed of solutions with compactly supported initial values.
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Fang, Jian
Li, Yifei
Lou, Yijun
Wang, Jian
Dynamical Systems
34A33, 35C07
The hexagonal structure is ubiquitous in nature. The propagation phenomena occurring in a media with a hexagonal structure remain to be explored. One way of exploring this question is to formulate lattice dynamical systems and analyze the propagation dynamics. In this paper, we propose a lattice differential equation model featuring a discrete diffusion operator with the hexagonal structure, and a monostable nonlinear term known as the Fisher-KPP mechanism in modeling population growth. A rigorous analysis is conducted on the traveling waves, thoroughly establishing the existence and uniqueness (up to translation) of the traveling waves. Moreover, the periodicity and monotonicity of the minimal wave speed concerning an angle are demonstrated, which is different from the existing results of the minimal wave speed in $\mathbb{R}^2$ and $\mathbb{Z}^2$. Numerical results validate theoretical analysis and further suggest that the minimal wave speed is also the spreading speed of solutions with compactly supported initial values.
title Fisher-KPP waves and the minimal speed on hexagonal lattice
topic Dynamical Systems
34A33, 35C07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.22932