Level-difference conjecture for Fisher–KPP fronts

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Let u0u_0 satisfy

0u0(x)1,0\leq u_0(x)\leq 1, lim supx1xln[xx(1+h)u0(y)dy]1\limsup_{x\to\infty}\frac1x\ln\left[\int_x^{x(1+h)}u_0(y)\,\mathrm{d}y\right]\leq -1

for some (equivalently, all) h>0h>0, and limxu0(x)=1\lim_{x\to-\infty}u_0(x)=1. For 0<α<β<10<\alpha<\beta<1, let μtα\mu_t^\alpha and μtβ\mu_t^\beta be the corresponding level positions, and let Wα,WβW^\alpha,W^\beta satisfy ω(Wα)=α\omega(W^\alpha)=\alpha and ω(Wβ)=β\omega(W^\beta)=\beta for the critical travelling wave ω\omega.

Level-difference conjecture. One has

μtαμtβ=WαWβ+O(1t).\mu_t^\alpha-\mu_t^\beta=W^\alpha-W^\beta+\mathcal{O}\left(\frac1t\right).

This would imply that every asymptotic term larger than 1/t1/t in the level position has a coefficient independent of the level α\alpha. The paper gives numerical evidence for a step initial condition, but the conjecture is not proved in the supplied text.

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Julien Berestycki and Éric Brunet, “A note of the convergence of the Fisher-KPP front centred around its α-level”, arXiv:1603.06005 (2016).

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