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In this paper an initial-value problem for a non-linear hyperbolic Fisher equation is considered in detail. The non-linear hyperbolic Fisher equation is given by
where \(\epsilon > 0\) is a parameter and F(u) = u(1−u) is the classical Fisher kinetics. It is established, via the method of matched asymptotic expansions, that the large-time structure of the solution to the initial-value problem involves the evolution of a propagating wavefront which is either of reaction–diffusion or reaction–relaxation type. It is demonstrated that the case \(\epsilon=1\) is a bifurcation point in the sense that for \(\epsilon > 1\) the wavefront is of reaction–relaxation type, whereas for \(0 < \epsilon < 1\) , the wavefront is of reaction–diffusion type.
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Leach, J.A., Needham, D.J. The evolution of travelling wave-fronts in a hyperbolic Fisher model. II. The initial-value problem. J Eng Math 59, 171–193 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10665-007-9147-5
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