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# Stability of travelling waves of a reaction-diffusion system for the acidic nitrate-ferroin reaction

• We consider the reaction-diffusion system $u_t=\delta u_{xx}-2uv/(\beta+u)$, $v_t=v_{xx}+uv/(\beta+u)$, which is used to model the acidic nitrate-ferroin reaction. Here $\beta$ is a positive constant, $u$ and $v$ represent the concentrations of the ferroin and acidic nitrate respectively, and $\delta$ denotes the ratio of the diffusion rates. The existence of travelling waves for this system is known. Using energy functionals, we provide a stability analysis of travelling waves.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 35K57, 35B35; Secondary: 35C07.

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