Dynamics of Partial Differential Equations

Volume 9 (2012)

Number 2

Entire solutions of the Fisher-KPP equation in time periodic media

Pages: 133 – 145

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.4310/DPDE.2012.v9.n2.a3

Authors

Mei-Ling Cao (School of Economics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China)

Wei-Jie Sheng (School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, Gansu, China)

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the existence of the pulsating type entire solutions of the Fisher-KPP equation with advection term in time periodic media. By constructing appropriate subsolutions and supersolutions, we prove that there exists a pulsating type entire solution which behaves as two pulsating traveling fronts coming from two opposite directions and approaching each other. The main technique here is to characterize the asymptotic behavior of the pulsating traveling front as t→—∞.

Keywords

reaction-advection-diffusion equations, time periodic media, entire solutions

2010 Mathematics Subject Classification

35-xx

Published 9 July 2012