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Pushed and pulled fronts in a logistic Keller-Segel model with chemorepulsion

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Abstract

We analyze spatial spreading in a population model with logistic growth and chemorepulsion. In a parameter range of short-range chemo-diffusion, we use geometric singular perturbation theory and functional-analytic farfield-core decompositions to identify spreading speeds with marginally stable front profiles. In particular, we identify a sharp boundary between between linearly determined, pulled propagation, and nonlinearly determined, pushed propagation, induced by the chemorepulsion. The results are motivated by recent work on singular limits in this regime using PDE methods (Griette et al 2023 J. Funct. Anal. 285 110115).

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number025017
JournalNonlinearity
Volume38
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 28 2025

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Keywords

  • 35K57, 35B32, 35B35
  • geometric singular perturbation
  • marginal stability
  • pulled and pushed fronts

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