Traveling Wavefronts on Reaction Diffusion
Systems with Spatio-Temporal Delays
Xinli Han1, Lijun Pan2
1College of Science, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, China 2Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China
Email: [email protected], [email protected]
Received November 1, 2012; revised January 1, 2013; accepted January 9, 2013
Copyright © 2013 Xinli Han, Lijun Pan. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
ABSTRACT
By using Schauder’s Fixed Point Theorem, we study the existence of traveling wave fronts for reaction-diffusion sys-tems with spatio-temporal delays. In our results, we reduce the existence of traveling wave fronts to the existence of an admissible pair of upper solution and lower solution which are much easier to construct in practice.
Keywords: Schauder’s Fixed Point Theorem; Traveling Wave Fronts; Reaction-Diffusion; Spatio-Temporal Delays
1. Introduction
Traveling wave solutions, usually characterized as solu-tions invariant with respect to translation in space, have attracted much attention due to their significant nature in science and engineering [1-18]. In which, the theory of wave fronts of reaction diffusion systems is an important part, and its history traces back to the so-called Fisher- KPP equation, the celebrated mathematical works by P. A. Fisher and by Kolmogorov, Petrovskii and Piscunov. Since then, lots of papers are devoted to the study of traveling wave solutions of reaction diffusion systems, and various research methods come forth.
The present paper is mainly devoted to tackle the ex-istence of traveling wave front solutions of the following reaction diffusion system with spatial-temporal delays and with some zero-diffusive coefficients,
2
2
1
, ,
, , , m ,
U t x U t x
D
t x
F g U t x g U t x
(1.1)
where t0, x; Ddiag
d1, , dn
, 2 10 n
i i
d
,0
i
d
F f
, U t x
,
u t x1
, , , u t xn
,
,
, ,f
T
2, n
T
1 n ,
gjU t x
,
t g t s x y U s y y sj
,
, d d , 1, , .j mHere the kernels of convolutions g U jj
1, , m
,satisfy
0
0
, d d 1,
, 0, ,
j j
g s y y s
g t x t x
. (1.2)
And the kernels used frequently in the reference are as follows
1) g t xj
,
t x ; 2) g t xj
,
t p xj ; 3) g t xj
,
t j
x ; 4) g t xj
, q tj
x ; 5) g t xj
,
tj
p xj
.The remaining part of this paper is organized as fol-lows. In the next section, some preliminaries are given. In Section 3, we state and prove the main result of this paper.
2. Preliminaries
A traveling wave solution of (1.1) is a special translation invariant solution of the form U t x
,
x ct
, where C R R2
, n
is the profile of the wave thatpropagates through the one-dimensional spatial domain at a constant velocity c > 0. If is monotone and satis-
fies the asymptotic boundary conditions lim
s s U
and lim
,s s U
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wave front of (1.1), where U
u1, ,un
T,
,
UU
T1, ,
n n
U u u , and U−, U+ are
equi-libria of system (1.1). If Y < Z, we also denote
,
:
, n
:
,
BC Y Z C Y t Z t Let be the supremum norm in n and C a b
, ;n
,and
0
; : su
; : s
: max sup
i
n n
t
n n
t
i d
C C
t
2
; : p
; : up
; : , , ; sup and ; , here, 0
t
n n
i
t t
BC t
BC t e
BC BC C d
where will be given in the next section. Obviously,
, and are
Ba-nach spaces respectively with the norms
BC ; n BC
; n
BC2
; n
0: sup , ; ,
n t
t BC
: sup e t, ; n ,
t t BC
2
0 0
2: max0 , sup , ; .
i
n i
d t t BC
Substituting into (1.1) and
denot-ing still by t the traveling coordinate
,U t x x ct
x ct , we obtain the corresponding wave equations
1
, ,
, ,m
c t D t F g t g t
t
(2.1)
where c > 0 is velocity, 2 , ,
1
0 n
i i
d
di0 i1, , n;and
gj
t 0 g s yj
, t y cs
d d ,
y s
(2.2)
Without loss of generality, we assume
T0, ,0 ,
U
0 the
as-ymptotic boundary conditions are replaced by
T 1, , n ,
U K K
K
lim 0, lim .
t t t t K (2.3)
In the following, we list the basic assumptions of this paper:
(A1) F
0, , 0
F
K, , K
0.(A2) There exist positive constants j1 and Lj,
such that for all Y Zj, j
0,K
, j1,, ,m
1
1
1
, , , , m j.
m m j j
j
F Y Y F Z Z L Y Z
j (2.4)
(A3) There exists an constant 0 such that for
and 1, , ,
j m BC
K K,
,
0 , d d
t j
g s y t y cs y s
(A4) One of the following two cases holds. 1
4
(A ) 0 g t x tj
, d
is uniformly convergent for
,
x a a , where a0, i.e., for given 0, there
exists 0 s.t. j
b
b
g t
,x td for all x
a a,
, 1, ,j m.
2 4
(A ) g t x xj
, d
is uniformly convergent for
0,t b , where b > 0, i.e., for given 0, there exists , s.t.
0
a a g t xj
, dx
and
a g t x xj
, d for all t
0, ,b j1,,m. (A5) There exists a matrixs.t.
1
diag , , n , i 0,
1 1
, , , ,
m m
F g t g t t
F g t g t
t (2.5)
where t and , C
, n
satisfy ˆ ˆ0 K, here and in the sequel, denote the
constant vector function on , taking the value .
ˆ
U
n
1, , TU u un
At the end of this section, we give the following two useful lemmas.
Lemma 2.1. [8]Let be a differentiable
function. If
0
:
x
lim supt
lim inf ,
t x t x t
1
n
there are
se-quences
sn
and
tn n1
with
s.t.
lim
n lim n
n s nt
lim lim inf and 0,
lim lim sup and 0.
n n
n t
n n
n t
x s x t x s
x t x t x t
Lemma 2.2. [3,8] Let , and
be a differentiable function. If li
a
t
: ,
x a
mx t exists (finite)
and the derivative function x t
is uniformlycontinu-e . ous on
a,
then lim3. Main Theorem
First, we introduce the definition an upper-lower solution
of wave Equations (2.1)
Definition 3.1. A continuous function
1, , n
n
is called an upper solution of (2.1), if i
tand i
t (if di0) exist almost everyw e essentially bounded, andhere and they
ar i satisfies almost
whe
every-re on
1
, ,
i i i i m
c t dt f g t g t (3.1)
A lower solution
1, , n
of (2.1) can be given in a similar way by reversing the inequality in (3.1)ns (2.1), we h .
For wave equatio ave the following
re-sults.
Proposition 3.1. Assume (A ) holds. If wave e2
qua-tions (2.1) have a monotone solution C
; n
satisfying lim
t t V and tlim
t V, where0V VK, V V, n then
1 , , m
F g t g t
is uniformly continuous in
ow is uniformly
.
Proof. It is not difficult to sh
continuous in , then we k
t
now that 0 sufficiently
small
1
max
, j
j l
mL L
L , there is a c stant on , s.t.
for t1,t2 and t1t2 ,
11 2 ,
t y cs t y cs mL
where
0
s , y,
1
minj l j
, and
n in 2). In dition, we can obtain
1, ,
j j m
are give (A ad
gi
t1 gi
t2
gi
t1 gi
t2
0,K j
, 1, , . m Then by (A2), we have
1 1 1 1 2 2
1 2
0 1
, , , ,
, d j
m m
m
j j
j
d
F g t g t F g t g t
L g s y t y cs t y cs y s
hus, ,
T F g
1
t , ,
gm
t
in. This completes the pro
is uniformly
con-position 3.2. Assume (A2) and (A4) hold. If wave
eq
tinuous of of the
proposi-tion.
Pro
uations (2.1) have a monotone solution C
; n
satisfying lim
t t V and tlim
t V , where0V V , n, the
,
K V V
n
, ,
0F V V F V,V .
Proof. We only give the proof under th ase
an
e c 1
4
(A )
d the case 2
4
(A ) is similar. Firstly, we show
1
lim , , m ,
.tF g t g t F V V
For fixed let , then
by Hence
s.t.
1, , ,
j m
know
1
0 ,
j m
mL L
0
, dj j
h x
g s x s
dx1, 1, , .j m, there is a constant
(1.2), we
,
A0
j
h x
maxLj
1
0 1
0
d 8 ,
1, , .
d 8 ,
j A
A j
h x x mL
j m
h x x mL
(3.2)where
1minj m j .
constant B
By 1 , for the above A, there
4
(A )
exists a 0 s.t.
1
0
, d 16 , 1, , .
i
B g t x t mL A j m
(3.3)holds uniformly for
,
.x A A Since lim
,t t V
ts
for the above constan , , m and L, there exists an constant T 0 s.t.
14, .
t V mL t T
(3.4)
Obviously,
gj
t ,
g Vj
t
0,K
, t,1, ,
j m, then by (3.2)-( 4) and (A3. 2), we have
1 0
1 0
1 0
, , , , , d d
, d d , d d
, d d ,
.
j
j
m
m j i
j
m A B A
j A j A B j
j
j A
F g t g t F V V L g s y t y cs V y s
L g s y t y cs V s y g s y t y cs V s y g s y t y cs V s y
t T A
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Therefore,
1
lim , ,
, , ,
m
t F g t g t
F V V
similarly,
1
lim , ,
, , .
m
t F g t g t
V V
F
For the i that di > 0, we denote Bi: limsupt i
t > bi. We claim Bi =.1 we know there with
: liminf , 1, , ,
i t i
b t i
Bi > bi, then by
are sequences
sN N1 andlim N lim N
Ns Nt s.t.
n then Bi
Lemma 2
bi, otherwise
tN N1
lim liminf and
and 0.
i N i
N t
i i N
s t
t t
Substituting
sN N1 and
tN N1 the ith equation of(2.1), we have f Vi
,
cbi fi
ness o
0,
lim limsup
i N i N
N t
s t
astonicity and bounded f exists
(finite). From the ith equat have
i
cB
This contradicts with ,V ,
Bi
, , ,
V V
> bi, by the mono-
.
N
, i t
ion of
lim i 0
t t
(2.1), we also
1
V ,V
exists (filim i lim i
t t
i i
c
t t
d d
nite).
Si oof of t rmly c
,
i
f
milar to the pr he unifo ontinuity of
tin Proposition 3.1, we can obtain that i
t is uniformly
t t
continuous in
0,
. Combining lim V
t en
tand
Lemma 2.2, lim i 0,
t th erefore,
by the ith equation of (2.1), we have
t 0. limt i 0. Th
, ,
lim
i t i i i
f V V c t d
For the i that di 0,
i1, , n
, by Propositio we known 3.1,
1
, ,
i t fi g t gm t c.
ering
Is uniformly continuous in . Consid lim
t t V
0
. Hence,
is finite, by Lemma 2.2, we ve ha limti
t
, ,
lim
0.fi g V1 gmV t c i t
t
, ,
0F V V
Then . Similarly, F V
, ,V
0.ted.
The pro 2 is comple
Define
of of Proposition 3.
T
1, , : 0, ;
n n
H H H BC K BC
T1
0, , , , n
BC K H H H sat-
,
s.t. isfying
,H t
1 , ,
.
m
F g t t
t
)
g t
(3.5
Then we have the following lemma.
Lemma 3.1. Assume (A1) and (A5) hold, for all ,
0,
BC K
, the operator H defined by (3.5) satisfi
1)
es
0H t K t, .
,H H .
2) If
3) If
t is nondecreasing in , H
is also nondecreasiProof. 1) and 2) can be given directly by (A1) and
(A5).
3) For
ng in .
let
t
0,
then
, 1, , .j j
g t g
j m
t
By the monotonicity of
t we know ˆ0 ˆ
K, by 2),
,
,
H t H t H t
t
and this complete the proof of Lemma 3.1.
Without loss of generality, we assume i 0 in (A5),
and denote
2 1
2 2
4 2
if 0
4 2
if 0.
i i i i
i
i i i i
i
i i
c c d d
d
c c d d
d c
(3.6)
Defining the integral operator P on BC
0,K
,
0,
BC K
, t,
is given by
1
, , n
P t P t P t T
1 2
1
2 1
e d e d ] if
e d if
i i
i
t t s t s
i t i i i i
i
t t s
i i
H s s H s s d d
P t
H s s c d
0
0 i
(3.7)
w defined by (3.5
tion 3.3. Assume (A2), (A4) and (A5) hold
The integral operator P defined by (3.7) maps
here H 1 ,Hn
T is ).Then we have the following two propositions.
,H
Proposi .
0,
BC K
, and P
BC2
; n
,
0,
BC K
.
Proof. We on
and the case 2
4
(A
ly give the proof under th case is similar.
into BC
0,K
e 1
4
(A ), )
For BC
0,K
, by Lemma 3.1 1), we have
,H t K t
0 , then, if di 0
1 2
2 1
0 t ei t s d + ei t s d
i i i t i i i i
P t K s K s d K
i iIf di0, 0
t ei1 t sdi i
P t s K c K
i i. on, similar to the prTherefore, 0ˆP
Kˆ. In additioof of Proposition 3.2 we can obtain, 0
m
, i ts a onstant A > 0 s.t. for j1, , m,L
there ex s c
1d 8
j
A h x x L K,
m
1d 8
A j
h x x mL K
.n B > 0
And for this A, there is a consta t s.t. for
j1, , , m
1
, d 16 , ,
j
B g t x t mL K x A A
where
1 in . 1min j m j , min1 j m j , m i
For fixed
i m K
L L K
, we can find T > 0 s.t. t
T T,
.t
Since BC
0,K
,
t is uniformly continuous in
T A cB 1 ,
T A 1
, hence there is 0 1
s.t.
1
1 ,
4
t t t
mL
t ,
,t T A cB T A.
Obviously, gj* t t ,
gj*
t
0,K
,t j1, , , m then by (A2) we obtain
0 , 2 d d
A j
A
1 1
0 1
1 0
1
0
* , , * , , *
, d d
, 4 d d , 2 d d
j
j
m m
m
j j
j
m A B A
j A j A B j
j
j
F
, 2 d d
.*
g t t g t t t g t
L g s y t t y cs t y cs y s
L g s y mL y s g s y K y s
g
F g
g s y K y s
s y K y s Hence, F g
1*
t , ,
gm*
t
is continuous in
, then
1*
, ,
m*
H t F g t g t t
is continuous in . In addition, by calculating directly we can obtain the following, if di0,
1
2
1 ei d 2 ei d
t t s t s
i i i i t i i i
P t H s s H s s d
2 i1
2 1
2 2
1 ei d 1 2 2 ei d
t t s t s
i i i i i i i t i i i
P t H s s H H s s d 2 i1
t
.If di0,
t ei t s
d
i i i i
P t H s s H t c
.Therefore, P
BC
0,K BC2
; 2
.3.3 is completed.
The proof of Proposition
Proposition 3.4. For BC
0,K
, BC2
; n
,
t P
t iff
,D t c t t H t
.
t Especially, BC
0,K
only if
is a solution of wave
if and a fixed point of P.
f. We only prove t
case can be g
Equation (2.1) is
Proo he case di 0,and the proof
for the iven similarly.
If
0,
i
d
t ei t s
d c,i t Pi t Hi s s
let i i c, We obtain ci
t i i
Hi
t . bove argumentt
, On the other hand, by the a
So we have
i i
i
cPi
t P
t H
t .
0.i i i i i
c P t P t
Then
eiti t Pi t
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0,
BC K
By Proposition 3.3, we know ,
0,
P BC
i t Pi t
K is bou. Since
2 ; n
BC , d in , hence
nde 0, then
And th proof of
By Lemma 3.1, we ca following
lemma on the monotonicity o or P.
Lemma 3.2. Assume (A1
1) If
.i t Pi t
Proposition 3.4.
is completes the
n easily obtain the f the integral operat ) and (A5) hold, then
, BC 0,K
, and , P
P
. 2) If BC
0,K
is nondecreasing in , P
is also .
On the continuity of the i , we have
5. Ass
nondecreasing in
ntegral operator P
2)-(A4) hold. Then
the following.
Proposition 3. ume (A
: 0, 0,
P BC K BC K
the norm
is continuous with respect to
u
in BC
;
, where,
2
u
1, 2,
0 min i i i and i1, i2, i are
defined by (3.5) is c
given by
oof. We first claim H ontinuous
in (3.6).
Pr
0,
C K
B with respect to the norm u.
For , BC
0,K
, we know obviously
gj
t ,
gj
t BC
0,K
, ,t j1, , . m(A
By (A2) and 3), we obtain
1
1
sup * e
e
, Suppose
j
j
m
u t
j j j
t j
m j j
L g t g t
t t
L
1
max sup t
i i
i n t
1
sup m j e t je t
t j
L
*
1
H H
re
whe
1min j m j 1, 1 j n i
max
. Thus 0,
choose
1 1 1
min m j ,1
j j
L M
then we have
H H for ,
i.e., H is continuous in BC
0,K
with respect to the norm u.Now, we show P BC:
0,K
BC
0,K
iscontinu-ous with respect to the norm u. For , BC
0,K
, similar to the method in Ma [4], we obtain there isG > 0 s.t.
an constant
P P G H H
, we ow P is continuous with
respect tothe norm
By the continuity of H kn
u
. The proof is completed.
In the following, we state and prove the main theorem of this paper.
Theorem3.1. Assume (A1)-(A5) hold. Suppose wave
equations (2.1) has a pair of upper and lower solution
, BC 0,K
satisfying
1) sup
or
inf
, .s t
s t s t t s t
2)
, ,
0,
0,inf
sup
, .t t
F V V V t t K
Then (2.1) and (2.3 have a monotone solution, i.e., front so tion.
we define the following profile set
)
(1.1) has a traveling wave lu
To prove Theorem 3.1,
1) is nondecreasing in .
, : : 2) , 0, .
3) , , .
BC K
s t M s t s t
where
1 i n i i
max ,
M K c we first prove two lemmas.
hold, then for
Lemma 3.3. If the conditions of Theorem 3.1
; n
C
with , we have
.P
Proof. For t, we denote
, ,n
t w t w t
W t t
1
T
1 1 , ,
n
n
P t t P t
T
W
(3.8)
then we have WBC
; n
. In order to obtain
,P it suffices to prove W t
0. 0,i
d
By Proposition 3.4, we know if
,i i i i
cP t P t H t t
From the definition of lower solution, we know
, . . .i i i i
c t t H t a e t
and by Lemma 3.1 2), we obtain
Considering
0,. . .
i i i i i
c P t t P t t
a e t
Let
t
, .i i i i
r t cw w t t ) Then
(3.9
0.i
r t
riant of c
By the continuity of and
for-mula of va onstants, we have
d , (3.10)
i
w t
eit t ei t s
i i
w t
r s swhere is a constant. By Lemma 3.1, we know Pi
,
Pi are both bounded, It follows by (3.8) that w ti
,
i
ir t is also essentially bounded in , so 0 in (3.10), and Pi
i,for
di 0
. In a similar way, we can obtain Pi
i,
for di 0
therefore P
. Similarly, we can prove P
. The proof is completed.L
then
emma 3.4. If the co rem
P is equi-continuous.
nditions of Theo 3.1 hold,
Proof. For BC
0,K
, if di0, by Lemma 3.11) and Proposition 3. we have, for 3, t,
i1
t ei1 t s
d i i, i2 1
i i i
i i
K P t K s
d c
and,
2
2 1
i t s
i
2
i
t e d ,
i i
i i i
i i
K
P t K s
c
d
then,
K ci , this is alsoilar an
i i
P t holds for the
the proof is sim mit here.
case di0, d we o
0,
we choose M, here
1
maxi n i i
M K c
en for
,
th P P BC
0,K
, by Lagrange theorem,if t t1,2, t1t2 ,
1 2 1 2
1 2
,
, ,
i
i
t P t P t M t t
t t
then
1 2
i i t i
P
1
2 ,P t P t i.e., P BC
0,K
f Lemma
is
equi-continuous. This comple 3.4.
Proof of Theorem 3.1. We roof of
into five steps.
tes the proof o divide the p rem 3.1
Step 1, , is a nonempty and convex set.
1) Denote
sup
or
s
,ts t
t s
t infs t
O is c ng in
then by Lem 3.2 1), reasing in
2) By The m 3.1(a)
is nondec know
.
bviously, ontinuous and nondecreasi
ma ore
,
.
P
, we 0ˆ Kˆ,
then by lemma 3.2 1) and Lemma 3.3 we have
.P P P
nd 2) we al
3) By the above 1) a so know BC
0,K
,similar to the proof of Lemma 3.4 ,we obtain
1
2 1 i
P t P t M t
2, 1,2 .
t t t
Therefore, P
, , then , is non-empty. It is obvious that , is convex.Step 2, , is a closed set in i.e.,
if seque
; n ,
BC nces
T
11 , , 1 ,
k k k
n
k k
converge to with respect to the norm
, then
, .
Since
1
max sup e t 0,
k k
i i
i n t t
for the fixed t
e t 0, as .k t k
t k
(3.11)
0,
we choose 3 ,M then by
1 ,k
k
we know
3k t k t t
, t , t, k1, 2,. 1), there is a N s.t. for the above ,t t
By (3.1
3N t t
,
and
3.N t t t t
Therefore, for fixed t, if t ,
N t t N t t t
t t t
N
N t t t t
i.e.,
t tis continuous in . In addition, we have
1) 1 , t2 , t1t2 , sin
1
2k t k t
ce ,
1,
k 2,, by (3.11),
1
2
1
1
2
2 0,k k
t t t t t t
i.e.,
t tis continuous in .
2) , since k
t
t k, 1, 2, , by (3.11),
t
t
t k
t 0. Similarly , so
0,
BC
3
.
K
) Since k
s k
t M s t , ,s t,k1, 2,,
,k k
s t
s s M s t t t
combining with (3.11), we obtain
s
t M s t. Therefore, , .
Step 3,
,
, .P This can be easily proved followed by Proposition 3.3 and Lemma 3.2 - 3.4.
Step 4, P
,
is sequentially compact. For , . by Proposition 3.3 we know
0,
,P BC K then P
0K, i.e., P
,
3.4 that is uniformly bounded. It follows by Lemma
,
P us. wo
opera-tors
and
satisfying
is equi-continuo We define t
T
1, , : 0,
N N Nn
P P P BC K BC
0,K
T
, , Nn : 0, , ; n
Q Q Q BC K C N N
1