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Juncheng Wei¹, Matthias Winter

¹Department of Mathematics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong.

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Area of Science:

Mathematical Biology
Chemical Kinetics
Fluid Dynamics

Background:

Pattern formation is crucial in biological systems.
Reaction-diffusion systems model emergent spatial structures.
Convective flow can significantly alter pattern dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

To analyze spiky pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems coupled with convective flow.
To investigate the influence of boundary conditions and flow size on pattern positioning.
To rigorously prove the stability of emerging spiky patterns.

Main Methods:

Modeling reaction-diffusion-convection equations with Schnakenberg kinetics.
Analyzing the impact of boundary conditions and flow parameters.
Employing mathematical analysis to determine pattern stability.

Main Results:

Demonstrated that boundary conditions and flow size dictate the spatial positioning of spiky patterns.
Identified conditions leading to leftward or rightward shifts in pattern formation.
Provided rigorous proofs for the shape and stability of these spiky patterns.

Conclusions:

This work presents the first rigorous analysis of spiky patterns in reaction-diffusion systems coupled with convective flow.
The findings offer insights into flow-distributed pattern formation.
Results have potential applications in understanding biological asymmetry, such as left-right asymmetry in mouse development.