Oscillatory and Stationary Patterns in a Diffusive Model with Delay Effect

Abstract

In this paper, a reaction–diffusion model with delay effect and Dirichlet boundary condition is considered. Firstly, the existence, multiplicity, and patterns of spatially nonhomogeneous steady-state solution are obtained by using the Lyapunov–Schmidt reduction. Secondly, by means of space decomposition, we subtly discuss the distribution of eigenvalues of the infinitesimal generator associated with the linearized system at a spatially nonhomogeneous synchronous steady-state solution, and then we derive some sufficient conditions to ensure that the nontrivial synchronous steady-state solution is asymptotically stable. By using the symmetric bifurcation theory of differential equations together with the representation theory of standard dihedral groups, we not only investigate the effect of time delay on the pattern formation, but also obtain some important results on the spontaneous bifurcation of multiple branches of nonlinear wave solutions and their spatiotemporal patterns.