Special Session 84: Mathematical modeling and analysis in spatial ecology and epidemiology

Bifurcation of rotating wave solutions in reaction-diffusion systems on a circle
Junping Shi
College of William & Mary
USA
Co-Author(s):    Qingying Cai, Junping Shi, Ying Su
Abstract:
The existence of rotating wave solutions of a general reaction-diffusion system with nonlocal interaction on a circle are proved using a new bifurcation approach with two parameters, and a normal form for the rotating wave bifurcations is also developed to compute the direction of the bifurcation diagram. Theoretical results are applied to two model systems for the existence of rotating waves which are further verified by numerical simulations.