 Fast-inhibitor cubic activator growth rate

For $u_t=D{u}_{xx}-u(u-r)(u-1)-\rho (v-u)$ and $0=v_{xx}-v+u$, a Fourier mode perturbation about zero has $v=u/(1+k^2)$ and growth rate $\sigma (k)=-r-D{k}^2+\rho k^2/(1+k^2)$. If $\rho >D$, its maximum is $-r+(\sqrt{\rho }-\sqrt{D}{)}^2$ at $k^2=\sqrt{\rho /D}-1$; if $\rho \le D$, its maximum is $-r$ at zero. Replacing $(u,v,r)$ by $(1-u,1-v,1-r)$ gives the corresponding criterion at the other homogeneous equilibrium.