June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
8h 12m
English
In the previous chapter we encountered a class of models in which two separate dynamics are at work. A reaction term designates the positive growth rate of some organism or chemical within a region. The diffusion term is the rate at which this stuff is dispersed. In the specific example we considered, the algal cells are scattered to outside the region, where no growth can take place, and so reaction and diffusion oppose each other. In the present chapter these terms interact synergistically, and diffusion is the source of pattern formation and not an inhibitor.
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