Zigzag-front peak-angle convergence conjecture

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Let θ\theta be the direction of a zigzag front, and let θm(t)\theta_{\mathrm{m}}(t) and θp(t)\theta_{\mathrm{p}}(t) determine the two angles forming a peak, namely θ−θm(t)\theta-\theta_{\mathrm{m}}(t) and θ+θp(t)\theta+\theta_{\mathrm{p}}(t). Let θ∗\theta_* and θ∗\theta^* be the angles of the two closest contact points between the Frank diagram and its convex hull, with θ∗\theta_* the smaller angle. Zigzag-front peak-angle conjecture. The angles of the peaks of the zigzag front caused by destabilization asymptotically approach the angles of the contact points between the Frank diagram and its convex hull; in particular,

θ−θm(t)→θ∗,θ+θp(t)→θ∗\theta-\theta_{\mathrm{m}}(t)\rightarrow\theta_*,\qquad \theta+\theta_{\mathrm{p}}(t)\rightarrow\theta^*

as t→∞t\to\infty. This conjecture describes the asymptotic selection of the angles of destabilized zigzag fronts, and the paper reports numerical evidence supporting it.

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Hiroshi Matano, Yoichiro Mori, Mitsunori Nara and Koya Sakakibara, “Asymptotic behavior of fronts and pulses of the bidomain model”, arXiv:2105.00169 (2021).

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