A delay induced nonlocal free boundary problem

Title
A delay induced nonlocal free boundary problem
Publication Date
2023-08
Author(s)
Du, Yihong
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1235-0636
Email: ydu@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:ydu
Fang, Jian
Sun, Ningkui
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Springer
Place of publication
Germany
DOI
10.1007/s00208-022-02451-3
UNE publication id
une:1959.11/56291
Abstract

We study the dynamics of a population with an age structure whose population range expands with time, where the adult population is assumed to satisfy a reaction– diffusion equation over a changing interval determined by a Stefan type free boundary condition, while the juvenile population satisfies a reaction–diffusion equation whose evolving domain is determined by the adult population. The interactions between the adult and juvenile populations involve a fixed time-delay, which renders the model nonlocal in nature. After establishing the well-posedness of the model, we obtain a rather complete description of its long-time dynamical behaviour, which is shown to follow a spreading–vanishing dichotomy. When spreading persists, we show that the population range expands with an asymptotic speed, which is uniquely determined by an associated nonlocal elliptic problem over the half line. We hope this work will inspire further research on age-structured population models with an evolving population range.

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Citation
Mathematische Annalen, 386(3-4), p. 2061-2106
ISSN
1432-1807
0025-5831
Start page
2061
End page
2106
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International

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