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Classification of 2nd order PDEs. Classification of 2nd order PDEs. Classification of 2nd order PDEs. An important case:. the heat equation in 1D. Homogeneous state and its stability. the heat equation in 1D (Fourier approach). The heat equation in 1D.
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An important case: the heat equation in 1D Homogeneous state and its stability
the heat equation in 1D (Fourier approach)
The heat equation does not have travelling wave solutions
Reaction-diffusion equations in 1D, for a scalar field
The simplest case: the KISS model for plankton blooms
Need for a saturation mechanism: the Fisher equation
The equation is now nonlinear… Fourier decomposition does not help now
Fisher equation: homogeneous solution (the logistic equation)
dissipative and conservative dynamical systems
types of bifurcation: normal form
types of bifurcation: normal form
Fisher equation: travelling wave c ≥ 2 z http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Travelling_wave_for_Fisher_equation.svg
Fisher equation: travelling wave general initial condition
Fisher equation: travelling wave asymptotic form stability of the travelling wave
A different form of nonlinearity… Again, Fourier decomposition does not help
Heuristic, just to understand… This is an hyperbolic equation Singularity in finite time
The Burgers equation Shock solutions
The Burgers equation: shock structure general solution and confluence of shocks test for numerical methods stochastically-forced Burgers eq.
The Korteweg-de Vries equation Travelling wave solutions: “solitary waves” on the periodic: “cnoidal waves”
The inverse scattering transform for the Korteweg-de Vries equation