Transition fronts of combustion reaction-diffusion equations in domains with multiple cylindrical branches

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the propagation phenomenon of the combustion reaction-diffusion equations in domains with multiple cylindrical branches. We first show that there is an entire solution emanating from planar traveling fronts in some branches. Then we prove that the entire solution is a transition front and converges to some planar traveling fronts (with some finite shifts) in the rest branches as time goes to $+\infty$ if the propagation is complete.In addition, by providing the complete propagation of every front-like solution coming from one branch, it is proved that any transition front connecting $0$ and $1$ in domains with multiple cylindrical branches propagates completely and has a unique global mean speed which turns out to be equal to the planar wave speed. Finally, we give some sufficient conditions to ensure that the assumptions on complete propagation are not empty.

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• Figure 1: A domain with five cylindrical branches in $\mathbb R^2$.