Asymptotic speeds and profiles for all Fisher-KPP transition fronts

Assume that ff satisfies the hypotheses of the Fisher–KPP equation, and let uu be a transition front connecting 00 and 11. Let X(t)X(t) be a front position and let cc^* be the minimal traveling-wave speed. The asymptotic past and future speeds are the limits c=limtX(t)/tc_- = \lim_{t\to-\infty}X(t)/t and c+=limt+X(t)/tc_+ = \lim_{t\to+\infty}X(t)/t, when they exist; φc±\varphi_{c_\pm} denote the corresponding traveling-wave profiles.

Asymptotic-speed and profile conjecture. Any such transition front has asymptotic past and future speeds c±c_\pm satisfying

ccc+<+,c^*\le c_-\le c_+<+\infty,

and there is a bounded function ξ:RR\xi:\mathbb{R}\to\mathbb{R} such that

u(t,X(t)+ξ(t)+)φc±in C2(R)as t±.u(t,X(t)+\xi(t)+\cdot)\to\varphi_{c_\pm}\quad\text{in }C^2(\mathbb{R})\quad\text{as }t\to\pm\infty.

The theorem preceding this conjecture establishes the result when lim inftX(t)/t>c\liminf_{t\to-\infty}X(t)/t>c^*; the conjecture concerns the critical case where that liminf equals cc^*.

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Francois Hamel and Luca Rossi, “Transition fronts for the Fisher-KPP equation”, arXiv:1404.2821 (2014).

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