On Approximate Solutions to the Wavefront Speed Problem

摘要

We propose an approximate method to obtain the speed of wavefronts. It is built up from a known variational principle. For a range of systems of biological and physical interest, comparison to previously-known solutions and to numerical simulations shows the powerfulness of our approximate technique. For time-delayed equations, we also propose an alternative approximate solution, based on the renormalization group approach, and we compare both approximations.