Submitted by Ingrid Richter
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The Department of Applied Mathematics weekly seminar is given by scholars and researchers working in applied mathematics, broadly interpreted.
Title: Invasion in several guises
Abstract: The world teems with examples of invasion, in which one steady state spatially invades another. Invasion can even display a universal character: fine details recur in seemingly unrelated systems. Reaction-diffusion equations provide a mathematical framework for these phenomena. In this talk, I will discuss recent examples of robust invasion patterns in reaction-diffusion equations, with an emphasis on multiple dimensions.