# American Institute of Mathematical Sciences

January  2013, 33(1): 173-191. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.173

## A class of singular first order differential equations with applications in reaction-diffusion

 1 Area Departamental de Matemática, Instituto Superior de Engenharia de Lisboa, Rua Conselheiro Emídio Navarro, 1 - 1950-062 Lisboa, Portugal 2 Dipartimento di Matematica Pura ed Applicata, Univ. di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Via Campi, 213b, 41100 Modena, Italy 3 Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, CMAF, Avenida Professor Gama Pinto 2, 1649-003 Lisboa, Portugal

Received  August 2011 Revised  February 2012 Published  September 2012

We study positive solutions $y(u)$ for the first order differential equation $y'=q(c\,{y}^{\frac{1}{p}}-f(u))$ where $c>0$ is a parameter, $p>1$ and $q>1$ are conjugate numbers and $f$ is a continuous function in $[0,1]$ such that $f(0)=0=f(1)$. We shall be particularly concerned with positive solutions $y(u)$ such that $y(0)=0=y(1)$. Our motivation lies in the fact that this problem provides a model for the existence of travelling wave solutions for analogues of the FKPP equation in one space dimension, where diffusion is represented by the $p$-Laplacian operator. We obtain a theory of admissible velocities and some other features that generalize classical and recent results, established for $p=2$.
Citation: Ricardo Enguiça, Andrea Gavioli, Luís Sanchez. A class of singular first order differential equations with applications in reaction-diffusion. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2013, 33 (1) : 173-191. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2013.33.173
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