On a nonlocal analog of the kuramoto-sivashinsky equation

We study a nonlocal equation, analogous to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, in which short waves are stabilized by a possibly fractional diffusion of order less than or equal to two, and long waves are destabilized by a backward fractional diffusion of lower order. We prove the global existence, u...

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Authors: Granero Belinchón, Rafael|||0000-0003-2752-8086, Hunter, John K
Format: article
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Cantabria (UC)
Repository:UCrea Repositorio Abierto de la Universidad de Cantabria
Language:French
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unican.es:10902/29547
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10902/29547
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation
Spatial chaos
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Summary:We study a nonlocal equation, analogous to the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation, in which short waves are stabilized by a possibly fractional diffusion of order less than or equal to two, and long waves are destabilized by a backward fractional diffusion of lower order. We prove the global existence, uniqueness, and analyticity of solutions of the nonlocal equation and the existence of a compact attractor. Numerical results show that the equation has chaotic solutions whose spatial structure consists of interacting travelling waves resembling viscous shock profiles.