Radially Symmetric Patterns of Reaction-Diffusion Systems

In this paper, bifurcations of stationary and time-periodic solutions to reaction-diffusion systems are studied. We develop a center-manifold and normal form theory for radial dynamics which allows for a complete description of radially symmetric patterns. In particular, we show the existence of localized pulses near saddle-nodes, critical Gibbs kernels in the cusp, focus patterns in Turing instabilities, and active or passive target patterns in oscillatory instabilities.