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Past exam of the topics in applied mathematics course of the University of Oxford 2008 A 3 c Solution by
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Take profiles and with , and use a prime for differentiation with respect to . The chain rule gives , and . ThereforeThese are coupled ordinary differential equations for a right-moving travelling wave with speed . A first-order formulation, using , is , , . In particular a positive profile has , consistent with depleted substrate behind the travelling front and fresh biological growth factor ahead.
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