Refined Fisher–KPP front expansion conjecture under a third-moment condition

Let u0u_0 satisfy

0u0(x)1,limxu0(x)=1,0\leq u_0(x)\leq 1,\qquad \lim_{x\to-\infty}u_0(x)=1,

and

u0(x)x3exdx<.\int u_0(x)x^3e^x\,\mathrm{d}x<\infty.

Let μtα\mu_t^\alpha be the α\alpha-level position, let WαW^\alpha be defined by ω(Wα)=α\omega(W^\alpha)=\alpha, and let CC be a constant.

Refined Fisher–KPP expansion conjecture. One has

μtα=2t32lnt+C+Wα3πt+glntt+O(1t),\mu_t^\alpha=2t-\frac32\ln t+C+W^\alpha-\frac{3\sqrt\pi}{\sqrt t}+g\frac{\ln t}{t}+\mathcal{O}\left(\frac1t\right),

for some constant gg which does not depend on α\alpha.

This conjecture is motivated by a solvable Fisher–KPP model and combines the predicted universal t1/2t^{-1/2} correction with a logarithmic-over-linear term. The source does not establish the expansion; its level-independence conclusion also relies on the preceding level-difference conjecture.

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Primary source

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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