In this work, we consider varying aspects of the stability of periodic traveling wave solutions to nonlinear dispersive equations. In particular, we are interested in deriving universal geometric criterion for the stability of particular third order nonlinear dispersive PDE’s. We begin by studying the spectral stability of such solutions to the generalized Korteweg-de Vries (gKdV) equation. Usi...

In this article we are concerned with the instability and stability properties of traveling wave solutions of the double dispersion equation utt − uxx + auxxxx − buxxtt = −(|u|u)xx for p > 1, a ≥ b > 0. The main characteristic of this equation is the existence of two sources of dispersion, characterized by the terms uxxxx and uxxtt. We obtain an explicit condition in terms of a, b and p on wave...

Inviscid traveling waves are ghost-like phenomena that do not appear in reality because of their instability. However, they are the reason for the complexity of the traveling wave theory of reaction-diffusion equations and understanding them will help to resolve related puzzles. In this article, we obtain the existence, the uniqueness and the regularity of inviscid traveling waves under a gener...

This paper is concerned with entire solutions of a class of bistable delayed lattice differential equations with nonlocal interaction. Here an entire solution is meant by a solution defined for all (n, t) ∈ Z × R. Assuming that the equation has an increasing traveling wave front with nonzero wave speed and using a comparison argument, we obtain a two-dimensional manifold of entire solutions. In...

In this paper, a brief review of delay population models and their applications in ecology is provided. The inclusion of diffusion and nonlocality terms in delay models has given more capabilities to these models enabling them to capture several ecological phenomena such as the Allee effect, waves of invasive species and spatio-temporal competitions of interacting species. Moreover, recent adva...

The modified simple equation method is employed to find the exact traveling wave solutions involving parameters for nonlinear evolution equations namely, a diffusive predator-prey system, the Bogoyavlenskii equation, the generalized Fisher equation and the Burgers-Huxley equation. When these parameters are taken special values, the solitary wave solutions are derived from the exact traveling wa...

This paper is concerned with the existence of the traveling bands to the Keller-Segel model with cell population growth in the form of a chemical uptake kinetics. We find that when the cell growth is considered, the profile of traveling bands, the minimum wave speed and the range of the chemical consumption rate for the existence of traveling wave solutions will change. Our results reveal that ...