Propagation phenomena in a diffusion system with the Belousov-Zhabotinskii chemical reaction

Abstract

This paper is concerned with the propagation phenomena in a diffusion system with the Belousov–Zhabotinskii chemical reaction in [Formula: see text] under the bistability assumption. We prove that there is a new type of entire solution originated from three moving planar traveling fronts, and evolved to a V-shaped traveling front as time changes, which means that the profile of this solution is not invariant at all. Here an entire solution is referred to a solution that is defined for all time [Formula: see text] and in the whole space [Formula: see text]. Furthermore, we show that not only the entire solution but also all transition fronts share the same global mean speed by constructing suitable radially symmetric expanding and retracting super- and subsolutions.