In this article, we study the existence and the uniqueness of traveling waves for a discrete reaction-diffusion equation with bistable non-linearity, namely a generalization of the fully overdamped Frenkel-Kontorova model. This model consists in a system of ODE’s which describes the dynamics of crystal defects in a lattice solids. Under very poor assumptions, we prove the existence of a traveli...

As a result of the cochlea's nonlinear mechanics, stimulation by two tones results in the generation of distortion products (DPs) at frequencies flanking the primary tones. DPs are measurable in the ear canal as oto-acoustic emissions, and are used to noninvasively explore cochlear mechanics and diagnose hearing loss. Theories of DP emissions generally include both forward and reverse cochlear ...

Sound-evoked vibrations transmitted into the mammalian cochlea produce traveling waves that provide the mechanical tuning necessary for spectral decomposition of sound. These traveling waves of motion that have been observed to propagate longitudinally along the basilar membrane (BM) ultimately stimulate the mechano-sensory receptors. The tectorial membrane (TM) plays a key role in this process...

In this paper we show how to construct the Evans function for traveling wave solutions of integral neural field equations when the firing rate function is a Heaviside. This allows a discussion of wave stability and bifurcation as a function of system parameters, including the speed and strength of synaptic coupling and the speed of axonal signals. The theory is illustrated with the construction...

This article concerns the bistable traveling wavefronts of a nonlocal dispersal equation with convolution type bistable nonlinearity. Applying a homotopy method, we establish the existence of traveling wavefronts. If the wave speed does not vanish, i.e. c 6= 0, then the uniqueness (up to translation) and the globally asymptotical stability of traveling wavefronts are proved by the comparison pr...

An integrable 2-component Camassa-Holm 2-CH shallow water system is studied by using integral bifurcation method together with a translation-dilation transformation. Many traveling wave solutions of nonsingular type and singular type, such as solitary wave solutions, kink wave solutions, loop soliton solutions, compacton solutions, smooth periodic wave solutions, periodic kink wave solution, si...