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  • Mathematical Biology
  • Dynamical Systems Theory
  • Epidemiology

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  • Reaction-diffusion systems are crucial for modeling spatially explicit biological processes.
  • Understanding equilibrium stability in these systems is vital for predicting disease dynamics.
  • Lyapunov functionals offer a powerful tool for stability analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To extend Lyapunov functional methods for analyzing global stability in reaction-diffusion systems.
  • To investigate the stability of disease-free and endemic equilibria using these functionals.
  • To apply the methodology to epidemiological models with spatial diffusion.

Main Methods:

  • Construction and application of Lyapunov functionals.
  • Extension of ordinary differential equation (ODE) based functionals to partial differential equation (PDE) systems.
  • Analysis of equilibrium stability in relation to the basic reproduction number (R0).

Main Results:

  • Global asymptotic stability of the disease-free equilibrium is proven for R0 < 1.
  • Global stability of the endemic equilibrium is established for R0 > 1 under specific conditions.
  • The methods are demonstrated with examples from epidemiology and public health.

Conclusions:

  • Lyapunov functionals provide a robust framework for analyzing the global stability of reaction-diffusion models.
  • The basic reproduction number serves as a critical threshold for determining disease persistence or eradication.
  • The study offers theoretical insights and numerical validation for epidemiological models with spatial spread.