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| Format: | Preprint |
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2026
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12605 |
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- Localized patterns are spatially confined structures that arise in lattice dynamical systems and play an important role in physics, biology, and materials science. While their existence and bifurcation structure are well-understood, the stability of these solutions remains largely unexplored, particularly in discrete and high-dimensional settings. In this work, we develop a general theoretical framework to analyze the spectral stability of localized steady states in one-dimensional and multi-dimensional rectangular lattices. Our approach leverages the properties of front and back solutions, combined with a discrete Evans function formulation, to characterize the spectrum of localized solutions. We prove that, for well-separated regions of localization, the Evans function asymptotically factorizes into contributions from the underlying fronts and backs, allowing explicit counting of unstable eigenvalues. This framework applies to solutions with single or multiple plateaus, including oscillatory and multi-pulse configurations. We illustrate the results on a real-valued cubic-quintic Ginzburg-Landau lattice, a prototypical Nagumo-type system, and provide numerical demonstrations of bifurcation structures and eigenvalue spectra.