Entire solutions of reaction—diffusion equations with balanced bistable nonlinearities

This paper deals with entire solutions of a bistable reaction—diffusion equation for which the speed of the travelling wave connecting two constant stable equilibria is zero. Entire solutions which behave as two travelling fronts approaching, with super-slow speeds, from opposite directions and annihilating in a finite time are constructed by using a quasi-invariant manifold approach. Such solutions are shown to be unique up to space and time translations.

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