Semester 2, Week 8: Prof John King, University of Nottingham

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Title: Wave propagation in reaction-diffusion equations

Abstract: I’ll talk about a broad class of scalar nonlinear parabolic equations, extending the established concepts of pulled and pushed fronts (conventional travelling waves of constant speed) to more extreme cases that allow the classification of the variety of potential behaviour. The work is motivated by tissue-growth applications, though I won’t have much to say about these; much of the classification follows from relatively routine calculations.

Location: Maths Lecture Theatre B