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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 ii Paper 4 14A b Solution by
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If , both species have the same diffusion coefficient. For a perturbation proportional to , diffusion replaces by , shifting both reaction eigenvalues to the left by . Since the homogeneous equilibrium is already stable, every spatial mode remains stable.
For general , put . The mode matrix isIts trace iswhile its determinant isWith negative trace, instability occurs exactly when for some . The two-species diffusion-driven instability criterion says that this upward-opening quadratic has a negative minimum precisely whenEquivalently, the condition isThis is the Turing instability region.
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