Existence, uniqueness and stability of transition fronts of nonlocal equations in time heterogeneous bistable media (1507.03711v3)

Abstract: The present paper is devoted to the study of existence, uniqueness and stability of transition fronts of nonlocal dispersal evolution equations in time heterogeneous media of bistable type under the unbalanced condition. We first study space nonincreasing transition fronts and prove various important qualitative properties, including uniform steepness, stability, uniform stability and exponential decaying estimates. Then, we show that any transition front, after certain space shift, coincides with a space nonincreasing transition front (if it exists), which implies the uniqueness, up to space shifts, and monotonicity of transition fronts provided that a space nonincreasing transition front exists. Moreover, we show that a transition front must be a periodic traveling wave in periodic media and asymptotic speeds of transition fronts exist in uniquely ergodic media. Finally, we prove the existence of space nonincreasing transition fronts, whose proof does not need the unbalanced condition.