Thematic Session 1: Reaction-diffusion equations and aggregation, chemotaxis and nonlocal dispersal

A delay-induced nonlocal problem with free boundary

Jian Fang
Harbin Institute of Technology
Peoples Rep of China
Co-Author(s):    Yihong Du, Ningkui Sun
Abstract:
Incorporating time delay and Stefan type free boundary into reaction-diffusion equation yields a compatible condition, which guarantees the well-posedness of the initial value problem. Further, under a KPP type setting we establish a dichotomy on propagation or vanishing. When propagation happens, the spreading speed is shown to exist and it is determined nonlinearly by a delay-induced nonlocal elliptic problem in half line.