Traveling wave solutions for an integrodifference equation of higher order

This article is concerned with the minimal wave speed of traveling wave solutions for an integrodifference equation of higher order. Besides the operator may be nonmonotone, the kernel functions may be not Lebesgue measurable and integrable such that the equation has lower regularity. By constructing a proper set of potential wave profiles, we obtain the existence of smooth traveling wave solutions when the wave speed is larger than a threshold. Here, the profile set is obtained by giving a pair of upper and lower solutions. When the wave speed is the threshold, the existence of nontrivial traveling wave solutions is proved by passing to a limit function. Moreover, we obtain the nonexistence of nontrivial traveling wave solutions when the wave speed is smaller than the threshold

Nonspreading solutions in integro-difference models with allee and overcompensation effects.

Previous work in Integro-Difference models have generally considered Allee effects and over-compensation separately, and have either focused on bounded domain problems or asymptotic spreading results. Some recent results by Sullivan et al. (2017 PNAS 114(19), 5053-5058) combining Allee and over-compensation in an Integro-Difference framework have shown chaotic fluctuating spreading speeds. In this thesis, using a tractable parameterized growth function, we analytically demonstrate that when Allee and over-compensation are present solutions which persist but essentially remain in a compact domain exist. We investigate the stability of these solutions numerically. We also numerically demonstrate the existence of such solutions for more general growth functions