Delayed loss of stability of periodic travelling waves: Insights from the analysis of essential spectra.
J Theor Biol
; : 111945, 2024 Sep 16.
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ABSTRACT
Periodic travelling waves (PTW) are a common solution type of partial differential equations. Such models exhibit multistability of PTWs, typically visualised through the Busse balloon, and parameter changes typically lead to a cascade of wavelength changes through the Busse balloon. In the past, the stability boundaries of the Busse balloon have been used to predict such wavelength changes. Here, motivated by anecdotal evidence from previous work, we provide compelling evidence that the Busse balloon provides insufficient information to predict wavelength changes due to a delayed loss of stability phenomenon. Using two different reaction-advection-diffusion systems, we relate the delay that occurs between the crossing of a stability boundary in the Busse balloon and the occurrence of a wavelength change to features of the essential spectrum of the destabilised PTW. This leads to a predictive framework that can estimate the order of magnitude of such a time delay, which provides a novel "early warning sign" for pattern destabilization. We illustrate the implementation of the predictive framework to predict under what conditions a wavelength change of a PTW occurs.
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