title: Novel stability results for traveling wavefronts in an age-structured reaction-diffusion equation.
abstract: For a time-delayed reaction-diffusion equation of age-structured single species population, the linear and nonlinear stability of the traveling wavefronts were proved by Gourley [4] and Li-Mei-Wong [8] respectively. The stability results, however, assume the delay-time is sufficiently small. We now prove that the wavefronts remain stable even when the delay-time is arbitrarily large. This essentially improves the previous stability results obtained in [4, 8]. Finally, we point out that this novel stability can be applied to the age-structured reaction-diffusion equation with a more general maturation rate.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Champlain College Saint-Lambert, Saint-Lambert, Quebec, J4P 3P2, Canada. mei@math.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mei
authors.forename: Yau Shu
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000818:Animals; D016014:Linear Models; D055641:Mathematical Concepts; D008954:Models, Biological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011157:Population Dynamics