Pattern formation driven by cross–diffusion in a 2D domain
- Authors: Gambino, G; Lombardo, MC; Sammartino, MML
- Publication year: 2013
- Type: Articolo in rivista (Articolo in rivista)
- Key words: Nonlinear diffusion; Turing instability; Amplitude equations; Subcritical bifurcation
- OA Link: http://hdl.handle.net/10447/69743
Abstract
In this work we investigate the process of pattern formation in a two dimensional domain for a reaction–diffusion system with nonlinear diffusion terms and the competitive Lotka–Volterra kinetics. The linear stability analysis shows that cross-diffusion, through Turing bifurcation, is the key mechanism for the formation of spatial patterns. We show that the bifurcation can be regular, degenerate non-resonant and resonant. We use multiple scales expansions to derive the amplitude equations appropriate for each case and show that the system supports patterns like rolls, squares, mixed-mode patterns, supersquares, and hexagonal patterns.