Large time behavior and transition from vanishing to spreading regimes for the generalized Burgers-Fisher-KPP equation
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| contents | The large time behavior of solutions to the following generalized Burgers-Fisher-KPP equation $$ \partial_tu=u_{xx}+k(u^n)_x+u^p-u^q, \quad (x,t)\in\mathbb{R}\times(0,\infty), $$ with $n\geq2$, $p>q\geq1$ and $k\in\mathbb{R}$, is considered in this work. Denoting by $H(x,t)$, respectively $\widetilde{H}(x,t)$ the solutions having as initial condition the Heaviside, respectively the ``anti-Heaviside" functions $$ H_0(x)=\begin{cases}
0, & \mbox{if } x<0
1, & \mbox{if } x\geq0. \end{cases}, \quad \widetilde{H}_0(x)=1-H_0(x), $$ critical velocities $\overline{c}$, respectively $\widetilde{c}=kn+2\sqrt{p-q}$, are identified such that $H(x,t)$, respectively $\widetilde{H}(x,t)$ approach the unique traveling wave solution of the equation with these critical velocities as $t\to\infty$. The critical velocity $\overline{c}$ is \emph{anomalous}, that is, it cannot be made explicit by an algebraic expression. Assuming for simplicity $k>0$, a remarkable fact is that, while $\widetilde{H}(x,t)\to0$ as $t\to\infty$ uniformly on compact subsets of $\mathbb{R}$, the Heaviside solution $H$ might tend either to zero or to one as $t\to\infty$, depending on the sign of the critical velocity $\overline{c}$. This sign vary with respect to the exponents $n$, $p$, $q$ and the coefficient $k$ and, in fact, we prove that given $p$, $q$, $n$, there exists a critical coefficient $k^*(n,p,q)$ such that $\overline{c}>0$ if $k>k^*(n,p,q)$ and $\overline{c}<0$ if $k<k^*(n,p,q)$. The convergence to either zero or one reflects the sharp influence of the convection term, since in the absence of it (that is, $k=0$), $H(x,t)$ would always tend to zero as $t\to\infty$. The results include more general initial conditions than the Heaviside-type functions, and sharp estimates of the threshold coefficient $k^*(n,p,q)$ are also given. |
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| spellingShingle | Large time behavior and transition from vanishing to spreading regimes for the generalized Burgers-Fisher-KPP equation Iagar, Razvan Gabriel Sánchez, Ariel Analysis of PDEs Mathematical Physics The large time behavior of solutions to the following generalized Burgers-Fisher-KPP equation $$ \partial_tu=u_{xx}+k(u^n)_x+u^p-u^q, \quad (x,t)\in\mathbb{R}\times(0,\infty), $$ with $n\geq2$, $p>q\geq1$ and $k\in\mathbb{R}$, is considered in this work. Denoting by $H(x,t)$, respectively $\widetilde{H}(x,t)$ the solutions having as initial condition the Heaviside, respectively the ``anti-Heaviside" functions $$ H_0(x)=\begin{cases} 0, & \mbox{if } x<0 1, & \mbox{if } x\geq0. \end{cases}, \quad \widetilde{H}_0(x)=1-H_0(x), $$ critical velocities $\overline{c}$, respectively $\widetilde{c}=kn+2\sqrt{p-q}$, are identified such that $H(x,t)$, respectively $\widetilde{H}(x,t)$ approach the unique traveling wave solution of the equation with these critical velocities as $t\to\infty$. The critical velocity $\overline{c}$ is \emph{anomalous}, that is, it cannot be made explicit by an algebraic expression. Assuming for simplicity $k>0$, a remarkable fact is that, while $\widetilde{H}(x,t)\to0$ as $t\to\infty$ uniformly on compact subsets of $\mathbb{R}$, the Heaviside solution $H$ might tend either to zero or to one as $t\to\infty$, depending on the sign of the critical velocity $\overline{c}$. This sign vary with respect to the exponents $n$, $p$, $q$ and the coefficient $k$ and, in fact, we prove that given $p$, $q$, $n$, there exists a critical coefficient $k^*(n,p,q)$ such that $\overline{c}>0$ if $k>k^*(n,p,q)$ and $\overline{c}<0$ if $k<k^*(n,p,q)$. The convergence to either zero or one reflects the sharp influence of the convection term, since in the absence of it (that is, $k=0$), $H(x,t)$ would always tend to zero as $t\to\infty$. The results include more general initial conditions than the Heaviside-type functions, and sharp estimates of the threshold coefficient $k^*(n,p,q)$ are also given. |
| title | Large time behavior and transition from vanishing to spreading regimes for the generalized Burgers-Fisher-KPP equation |
| topic | Analysis of PDEs Mathematical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22108 |