Abstract
AbstractWe consider a reaction–diffusion system of densities of two types of particles, introduced by Hannezo et al. (Cell 171(1):242–255.e27, 2017). It is a simple model for a growth process: active, branching particles form the growing boundary layer of an otherwise static tissue, represented by inactive particles. The active particles diffuse, branch and become irreversibly inactive upon collision with a particle of arbitrary type. In absence of active particles, this system is in a steady state, without any a priori restriction on the amount of remaining inactive particles. Thus, while related to the well-studied FKPP-equation, this system features a game-changing continuum of steady state solutions, where each corresponds to a possible outcome of the growth process. However, simulations indicate that this system self-organizes: traveling fronts with fixed shape arise under a wide range of initial data. In the present work, we describe all positive and bounded traveling wave solutions, and obtain necessary and sufficient conditions for their existence. We find a surprisingly simple symmetry in the pairs of steady states which are joined via heteroclinic wave orbits. Our approach is constructive: we first prove the existence of almost constant solutions and then extend our results via a continuity argument along the continuum of limiting points.
Funder
deutsche forschungsgemeinschaft
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Applied Mathematics,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Modeling and Simulation
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