DYNAMICS FOR AN SIR EPIDEMIC MODEL WITH NONLOCAL DIFFUSION AND FREE BOUNDARIES

This paper is concerned with the spatial propagation of an SIR epidemic model with nonlocal diffusion and free boundaries describing the evolution of a disease.This model can be viewed as a nonlocal version of the free boundary problem studied by Kim et al.(An SIR epidemic model with free boundary.Nonlinear Anal RWA,2013,14:1992-2001).We first prove that this problem has a unique solution defined for all time,and then we give sufficient conditions for the disease vanishing and spreading.Our result shows that the disease will not spread if the basic reproduction number R_(0)<1,or the initial infected area h_(0),expanding ability μ and the initial datum S_(0) are all small enough when 1<R_(0)<1+d/μ_(2)+α.Furthermore,we show that if 1<R_(0)<1+d/μ_(2)+α,the disease will spread when h_(0) is large enough or h_(0) is small but μ is large enough.It is expected that the disease will always spread when R_(0)≥1+d/μ_(2)+α which is different from the local model.

ENTIRE SOLUTIONS OF LOTKA-VOLTERRA COMPETITION SYSTEMS WITH NONLOCAL DISPERSAL

This paper is mainly concerned with entire solutions of the following two-species Lotka-Volterra competition system with nonlocal(convolution)dispersals:{u_(t)=k*u-u+u(1-u-av),x∈R,t∈R,vt=d(k*v-v)+rv(1-v-bu),c∈R,t∈R.(0.1)Here a≠1,b≠1,d,and r are positive constants.By studying the eigenvalue problem of(0.1)linearized at(ϕc(ξ),0),we construct a pair of super-and sub-solutions for(0.1),and then establish the existence of entire solutions originating from(ϕc(ξ),0)as t→−∞,whereϕc denotes the traveling wave solution of the nonlocal Fisher-KPP equation ut=k*u−u+u(1−u).Moreover,we give a detailed description on the long-time behavior of such entire solutions as t→∞.Compared to the known works on the Lotka-Volterra competition system with classical diffusions,this paper overcomes many difficulties due to the appearance of nonlocal dispersal operators.

TRAVELING WAVES FOR A NONLOCAL DISPERSAL EPIDEMIC MODEL

This paper is concerned with traveling wave solutions to a nonlocal dispersal epide- mic model. Combining the upper and lower solutions and monotone iteration method, we establish the existence of nondecreasing traveling wave fronts for the speed being larger than the critical one. Furthermore, by the approximation method, the existence of traveling wave fronts for the critical speed is established as well. Finally, we discuss the nonexistence of traveling wave fronts for the speed being smaller than critical one by Laplace transform.

Pulsating waves and entire solutions for a spatially periodic nonlocal dispersal system with a quiescent stage

This paper deals with the pulsating waves and entire solutions for a spatially periodic nonlocal dispersal model with a quiescent stage. By the method of super-and subsolutions together with the comparison principle, we establish the existence of pulsating waves with any speed larger than the spreading speed. The construction of the super-and subsolutions depends on the principal eigenvalue theory for a periodic eigenvalue problem with partially degenerate nonlocal dispersal. The joint results of this paper and our recent work(Wang J B, Li W T, Sun J W. Global dynamics and spreading speeds for a partially degenerate system with non-local dispersal in periodic habitats. Proc Roy Soc Edinburgh Sect A, 2018, 148: 849–880) show that the spreading speed coincides with the minimal wave speed of pulsating waves for the considered system. Moreover, combining the rightward and leftward pulsating waves with different speeds and a spatially periodic solution, we prove the existence and qualitative properties of entire solutions other than pulsating waves, which provide some new spreading ways in a heterogeneous habitat.