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Fast-inhibitor elimination in a reaction-diffusion system
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Analysis
Partial differential equation
Diffusion equation
Reaction-diffusion system
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2026-09-24
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If
a
fast inhibitor satisfies
0
=
v
xx
+
u
−
v
, then its spatial
Fourier transform
obeys
v
(
k
)
=
1
+
k
2
u
(
k
)
.
(1)
Substitution produces
a
nonlocal
scalar
equation
for the activator.
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Dispersion relation after fast-inhibitor elimination
Fast-inhibitor elimination in a reaction-diffusion system
Dispersion relation after fast-inhibitor elimination
(
σ
(
k
)
)
0
0
0
Fast-inhibitor elimination in a reaction-diffusion system
For activator
diffusion
D
, local linear decay
r
, and
coupling
ρ
(
u
−
v
)
, eliminating the fast inhibitor gives
σ
(
k
)
=
−
D
k
2
−
r
+
ρ
1
+
k
2
k
2
.
(1)
Its
pattern
-forming threshold is
ρ
c
=
(
r
+
D
)
2
,
k
c
=
(
r
/
D
)
1/4
.
(2)
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Reaction-diffusion system
Diffusion equation
Partial differential equation
Analysis
Area of mathematics
Mathematics
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
/
2023
/
ii
/
Paper 3
/
13C
/
a
/
Solution
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